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"Messy Misfits Club was an idea developed by Riley and Flower in late 2021. They knew that queer people needed more representation, some real representation. Emma later joined the editorial team."

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Introduction

Messy Misfits Club was an idea developed by Riley and Flower in late 2021. They knew that queer people needed more representation, some real representation. Emma later joined the editorial team.

Vibe

We're just chilling here

Response Time
2 weeks / 27 days
Average acceptance rate
68.75%

Latest [ Ugh ] post

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I knew we would have amazing submissions, but I am in TEARS, absolutely astounded!!

Types of Submissions Accepted

7 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 600

Max pieces: 2

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 600

Max pieces: 2

Short Non-Fiction/Essays

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

poetry/prose poetry

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Art

Max pieces: 3

Illustration

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Photography

Max pieces: 3

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Anything

Max pieces: 3

Mixed media, photography/photo essay. If you arenโ€™t sure about your creative medium, email us! We would be happy to work something out with you.

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Hybrid

Up to 3 pages of content

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 600

Max pieces: 2

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 600

Max pieces: 2

Short Non-Fiction/Essays

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

poetry/prose poetry

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Art

Max pieces: 3

Illustration

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    How to submit ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

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    Cover Letter and Bio ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

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    Rights for published work ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

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Magazine

Founded in 2020 | 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 :)

Flower
Editor-in-Chief
Emma Cholip
Co-Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

16

Average acceptance rate

68.75%

Average response time

27 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

27/26 days

Fastest response time

13 days

Slowest response time

41 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 252 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Lara Morgan avatarRuthenium avatarNatalie D.C. avatarEmma Cholip avatarsadeebee avatarAbby Moeller avatar
6 pieces