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"Mad Swirl recognizes the madness of creation, of life, of art, and work to get the whole mad swirl of it all into as many minds as possible!"

"Mad Swirl recognizes the madness of creation, of life, of art, and work to get the whole mad swirl of it all into as many minds as possible!"

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

75 days

Acceptance Rate

100%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    No

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Please limit your poetry submissions to three (3) poems at one time. Please limit the length of your poems to one page (if you’re proud of s...

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Short story. Excerpts from larger bodies of work, limited to 1000 words, are acceptable.)

Art

Max pieces: 10

5-10 pieces. illustrations, photography, paintings, mixed-media, collages, etc.

Photography

Max pieces: 10

5-10 pieces

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Please limit your poetry submissions to three (3) poems at one time. Please limit the length of your poems to one page (if you’re proud of s...

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Short story. Excerpts from larger bodies of work, limited to 1000 words, are acceptable.)

Art

Max pieces: 10

5-10 pieces. illustrations, photography, paintings, mixed-media, collages, etc.

Photography

Max pieces: 10

5-10 pieces

Statistics

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

1

Total submissions tracked

75 days

Average response time

100%

Average acceptance rate

75 days

Fastest response time

75 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

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 1999 | 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 :)

Johnny Olson

Editor-in-Chief

MH Clay

Poetry Editor

Tyler Malone

Short Story Editor

Madelyn Olson

Visual Arts Editor

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people