"In 1999, Texas Tech University founded Iron Horse Literary Review in order to bring the literary arts to West Texas, which did not have a national print venue for the literary arts."
Introduction
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
69 days
Average acceptance rate
40%
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
$3
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
02
How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
05
Demographics & Eligibility
06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 5500
Nonfiction
Max words: 5500
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
3-5 poems
Fiction
Max words: 5500
Nonfiction
Max words: 5500
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
3-5 poems
Magazine
Founded in 1999 | 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 :)
Leslie Jill Patterson
Editor-in-Chief
Marcus Burke
Fiction Editor
Geffrey Davis
Poetry Editor
Elena Passarello
Nonfiction Editor
Maeve Kirk
Senior Managing Editor
Jennessa Hester
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
7
Average acceptance rate
40%
Average response time
69 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
206/23 days
Fastest response time
13 days
Slowest response time
206 days