Hellbender Magazine
Literary Magazine
Hellbender Magazine—formerly Cheat River Review—is a home for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
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PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary, Experimental
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Sub Genres: , , , ,
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Art
Max pieces: 3
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Text submissions should be in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format. Please submit text piece(s) in 12-point Times New Roman (or a similar, easy-to-read font) with page numbers.
Author's rights
Submitted work must be unpublished. Hellbender Magazine will take first North American Serial Rights, which will revert to the author upon publication. We ask that you credit us if the work is published again elsewhere.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
23
Total submissions tracked
94 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
86 days
Fastest response time
116 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2058 days
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