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"Janus Literary is comprised of two online publications: 1) our literary magazine, to be published monthly with flash fiction and poetry and 2) our anthology to be published biannually with writing from our Story Prize competition."
Introduction
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Response Time
2-3 months / 24 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

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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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 πŸ—οΈ

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    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements πŸ—οΈ

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    Rights for published work πŸ—οΈ

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Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

micros of 50 – 250 words (maximum of ONE) flash of 251-700 words (maximum of ONE)

all

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

micros of 50 – 250 words (maximum of ONE) flash of 251-700 words (maximum of ONE)

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max lines: 60

Max pieces: 1

fiction genre icon

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

micros of 50 – 250 words (maximum of ONE) flash of 251-700 words (maximum of ONE)

all

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

micros of 50 – 250 words (maximum of ONE) flash of 251-700 words (maximum of ONE)

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max lines: 60

Max pieces: 1

Magazine

Founded in 2020 | 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 :)

Janice Leagra
Editor-in-Chief
Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Fiction and CNF Editor
Sam Payne
Fiction and CNF Editor
Myna Chang
Fiction and CNF Editor
Dara Thomas Higgins
Fiction and CNF Editor
Electra Rhodes
Fiction and CNF Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

5

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

24 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/24 days

Fastest response time

12 days

Slowest response time

40 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Karen Walker avatarK.A. Nielsen avatar
2 pieces