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"Necessary Fiction publishes a new book review each Monday, a featured short story each Wednesday, contributions to our Research Notes series on Fridays (when we have one), and occasional interviews, essays, and other surprises."
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Response Time
4 months / 76 days
Average acceptance rate
4% / 19.05%

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Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 3000

Flash rules

Max words: 750

Max pieces: 1

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Review

Book Reviews

interview genre icon

Interview

No specific limitations

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Translations

To submit fiction in translation (which we also welcome), please contact Michelle Bailat-Jones directly at translations@necessaryfiction.com.

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Nonfiction

Research Notes series, in which an author writes about the "research" (defined however and however loosely they like) behind a recent book

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Research Notes and Translation Notes

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Flash rules

Max words: 750

Max pieces: 1

all

review genre icon

Review

Book Reviews

interview genre icon

Interview

No specific limitations

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Translations

To submit fiction in translation (which we also welcome), please contact Michelle Bailat-Jones directly at translations@necessaryfiction.com.

Magazine

Founded in ? | 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 :)

Steve Himmer
Editor-in-Chief
Lacey N. Dunham
Fiction Editor
Diane Josefowicz
Book Reviews Editor
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Translations Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

33

Average acceptance rate

19.05%

Average response time

76 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

59/85 days

Fastest response time

22 days

Slowest response time

164 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Matt Rowan  avatarNicholas Claro avatarEmma Brousseau avatar
3 pieces