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"We love work with fresh takes on both the experimental and the familiar—work that is honest, frank, and unafraid to embrace contradictions. We are interested in pieces that are attentive to beauty, both the everyday and the fantastical."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
3 months / 136 days
Average acceptance rate
10.53%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      Yes

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      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 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 2

Our favorite submissions explore refreshing takes on both the fantastic and the everyday.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 2

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Poetry

Max pieces: 2

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Art

Max pieces: 5

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Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 2

Our favorite submissions explore refreshing takes on both the fantastic and the everyday.

all

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Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 2

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Poetry

Max pieces: 2

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Art

Max pieces: 5

Magazine

Founded in 1982 | 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 :)

Tanner Millett
Editor-in-Chief
Mikayla Johnson
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Jamie Lewis Holt
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Rebecca Callahan
Fiction Editor
Ruth Arce
Poetry Editor
Samantha Snyder
Visual Art Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

35

Average acceptance rate

10.53%

Average response time

136 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

18/144 days

Fastest response time

18 days

Slowest response time

266 days