The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Literary Magazine
We believe that something very small can add up to something very big, as in the compressed moment of the big bang. We want to think through compression.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1-5 days*/Editor reported data5 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 2% */Editor reported data0.45%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$50
Find more details in the Genres section
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ 50
Fiction - 600 words max
Max words: 600
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ 50
Nonfiction
Payment: $ 50
No specific limitations
Nonfiction - 600 words max
Max words: 600
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 50
Poetry
Payment: $ 50
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Please do not include a cover letter as part of the manuscript document. Please include, as part of your cover letter on Submittable, a brief bio. Also, in the cover letter, let us know why you feel this piece works for a journal obsessed with "compression."
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please format prose to be singled-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, in a Microsoft Word document, with an extra space between each paragraph.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
239
Total submissions tracked
5 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
-21 days
Fastest response time
289 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 558 days, 695 days, 967 days, -334 days, 695 days, 967 days
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About
Matter Press is a nonprofit literary press that cares for compressed forms. Matter Press publishes prose poetry and compressed fiction print chapbooks, including anthologies that combine photography and micro-prose. The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is a paying market that publishes one compre...
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Masthead
Randall Brown
Editor-in-Chief