"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."
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
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
Yes
Fee
No
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: 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
Poetry
Max pieces: 2
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