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"Short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Since 1970. "
Introduction
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Response Time
4 months / 390 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $100+

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      Fee

      $4

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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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Translations

Translations should be submitted according to the guidelines of the original work's genre and addressed to that genre's editor. Translators should have permission from the copyright holder and should include a copy of the original work with their submission.

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Fiction

The page limit for prose is 25 pages.

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Nonfiction

The page limit for prose is 25 pages.

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Poetry

The page limit for poetry is 8 pages.

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Translations

Translations should be submitted according to the guidelines of the original work's genre and addressed to that genre's editor. Translators should have permission from the copyright holder and should include a copy of the original work with their submission.

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Fiction

The page limit for prose is 25 pages.

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Nonfiction

The page limit for prose is 25 pages.

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Poetry

The page limit for poetry is 8 pages.

Magazine

Founded in 1970 | United States

Masthead

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Lynne Nugent
Editor-in-Chief
Katie Berta
Managing Editor
Joan Li
Fiction Editor
Abagail Petersen
Poetry Editor
Darius Stewart
Nonfiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

17

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

390 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/390 days

Fastest response time

90 days

Slowest response time

1317 days