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"A journal of literature and the arts, publishing poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and artwork. LPR welcomes most US-based contributors and prides itself on supporting both up-and-coming and well-established artists and writers."
Introduction
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Response Time
3-5 months / 465 days
Average acceptance rate
15.15%

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

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes

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      Examples online

      No

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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

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

literary

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 3

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

literary

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 3

Magazine

Founded in 2006 | 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 :)

Chelsea Lemon Fetzer
Editor-in-Chief
Evan Lesavoy
Poetry Editor
Lisa Lynn Biggar
Fiction Editor
Gabriella Souza
Non-Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

41

Average acceptance rate

15.15%

Average response time

465 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

1298/298 days

Fastest response time

23 days

Slowest response time

1298 days