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"MAYDAY presents new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, cultural commentary, and visual art to an international community of readers. We publish artists that explore culture and history; politics regional and global; the past, present, and future."
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Introduction

MAYDAY presents new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, cultural commentary, and visual art to an international community of readers. We publish artists that explore culture and history; politics regional and global; the past, present, and future.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 months / 53 days
Average acceptance rate
14% / 0%

Types of Submissions Accepted

7 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 3000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

10 pages max

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Interview

Max words: 1500

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Review

Max words: 1500

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Art

Max pieces: 5

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Translations

No specific limitations

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Fiction

Max words: 3000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

10 pages max

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Interview

Max words: 1500

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

  • 01

    Details

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  • 02

    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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  • 05

    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 2009 | 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 :)

David Bowen
Executive Director
Chase Erwin
Managing Editor
Emma Daley
Assistant Managing Editor
Nathan Winer
Assistant Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

16

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

53 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/53 days

Fastest response time

34 days

Slowest response time

76 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 168 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Sophie Panzer avatarnat raum avatar
4 pieces