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Guidelines

"One side of our mission at Lunch Ticket is to publish writers and artists who have been marginalized and underrepresented, and work that engages with issues of social, economic, and environmental justice."

"One side of our mission at Lunch Ticket is to publish writers and artists who have been marginalized and underrepresented, and work that engages with issues of social, economic, and environmental justice."

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Response Time

1 month / 112 days

Acceptance Rate

1.47%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 1

Translation

Please refer to standard Lunch Ticket guidelines for either poetry or prose. Your submission should include the original work along with yo...

Art

Min pieces: 8

Max pieces: 10

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 1

Translation

Please refer to standard Lunch Ticket guidelines for either poetry or prose. Your submission should include the original work along with yo...

Art

Min pieces: 8

Max pieces: 10

Statistics

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Track submission

111

Total submissions tracked

112 days

Average response time

1.47%

Average acceptance rate

57 days

Fastest response time

157 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 732 days, 964 days, 1285 days, 1497 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

If your work is accepted for publication, we will ask for a short bio, and you’ll have a chance to edit your statement for publication.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2012 | United States

Lunch Ticket is Antioch University MFA program’s student and alumni-run literary magazine. Established in 2012, the name Lunch Ticket pays homage to Antioch University’s focus on issues that affect the working class and underserved communities. Lunch Ticket publishes weekly blog posts and columns, including Amuse-Bouche and Midnight Snack, and bi-annual issues featuring poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, flash prose, literary translation, writing for young people, visual art, and feature interviews. We publish work that upholds the vision and values of the Antioch MFA program. We aim to center writers and artists who have been marginalized and underrepresented, or historically misrepresented, and encourage submissions that engage with issues of racial, social, economic, gender, and environmental justice. Our teams read and look for work that plays with form and strives for a more just world.

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 :)

rotates

Editor-in-Chief