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Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
$40
Fee
$5
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
We like novel excerpts and short stories that weigh in at about 3,000 words. If it's slightly over 3,000 words and we like the extra words, we're flexible.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We like flash fiction in pairs or trios (but singles are fine too). Please send all in one document.
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Nonfiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
We are interested in short memoir or personal essays with a narrative arc and an astute attention to language. We are open to braided essays and experimental writing as well. Excerpts from memoirs and essay collections have to be a self-contained piece. If your book will be published soon, get approval from your publisher before sending us an excerpt to consider.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
You may send 2-3 flash nonfiction pieces (1,000 words or less) in one submission.
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
We like novel excerpts and short stories that weigh in at about 3,000 words. If it's slightly over 3,000 words and we like the extra words, we're flexible.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We like flash fiction in pairs or trios (but singles are fine too). Please send all in one document.
all
Nonfiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
We are interested in short memoir or personal essays with a narrative arc and an astute attention to language. We are open to braided essays and experimental writing as well. Excerpts from memoirs and essay collections have to be a self-contained piece. If your book will be published soon, get approval from your publisher before sending us an excerpt to consider.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
You may send 2-3 flash nonfiction pieces (1,000 words or less) in one submission.
Magazine
Founded in 2009 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Christine Maul Rice
Editor-in-Chief
Chelsea Laine Wells
Managing & Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
8
Average acceptance rate
16.67%
Average response time
81 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
57/93 days
Fastest response time
37 days
Slowest response time
149 days
