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Guidelines

"an annual literary magazine that features work by writers, photographers, and artists who live in, have lived in, or have spent time in the Midwest—that diverse region of the north-central United States"

"an annual literary magazine that features work by writers, photographers, and artists who live in, have lived in, or have spent time in the Midwest—that diverse region of the north-central United States"

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1504 days

Acceptance Rate

14.29%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    No

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

5 genres

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max words: 6000

Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

Art

Max pieces: 5

black & white art and photography

Photography

See "Art".

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max words: 6000

Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

Art

Max pieces: 5

black & white art and photography

Photography

See "Art".

Statistics

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Track submission

9

Total submissions tracked

1504 days

Average response time

14.29%

Average acceptance rate

215 days

Fastest response time

2792 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

Creators from a specific location / ethnic group

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

We welcome work from writers in under-represented communities and from writers in or from the Midwest who are currently or have been incarcerated (no fee) We’re looking for well-crafted, thoughtful, and thought-provoking writing and visual art that examines, interprets, and redefines the full spectrum of life, past and present, in the Midwest

About the Magazine

Founded in 2012 | 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 :)

Jeff Snowbarger

Editor-in-Chief

Jill Stukenberg

Editor

David Heinen

Editor

Examples

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