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"a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists"
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Open for submissions

Deadline

June 5, 2023

Table of contents

Introduction

a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
131 days
Average acceptance rate
100%

Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 2500

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Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

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Poetry

Max pieces: 4

six pages maximum

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Art

No specific limitations

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Comics

should be in black and white, limited to eight pages

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Fiction

Max words: 2500

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Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

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Poetry

Max pieces: 4

six pages maximum

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Art

No specific limitations

Need to know for submitting

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

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    Details

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    How to submit πŸ—οΈ

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements πŸ—οΈ

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    Rights for published work πŸ—οΈ

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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 :)

Lana Barkawi
Editor-in-Chief
Heba Y. Amin
Curator of Visual Arts
Michelle Baroody
Film Programming Curator
Lamia Abukhadra
Art and Communications Director
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

1

Average acceptance rate

100%

Average response time

131 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

131/-

Fastest response time

131 days

Slowest response time

131 days