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"J Journal seeks new writing – fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry – that takes on justice."
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Open for submissions

Theme

Justice

Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
29 days
Average acceptance rate
100%

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

      No

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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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 6000

literary

crime

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Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

1st person narrative, personal essay, memoir

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Fiction

Max words: 6000

literary

crime

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Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

1st person narrative, personal essay, memoir

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Magazine

Founded in ? | 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 :)

Adam Berlin
Editor-in-Chief
Jeffrey Heiman
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

4

Average acceptance rate

100%

Average response time

29 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

29/-

Fastest response time

29 days

Slowest response time

29 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Jimmy Kindree avatar
1 pieces