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"Since its founding in 1956 at The University of Tulsa, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry’s mission has been the discovery, development, and promotion of new writing."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

October 1, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
98 days
Average acceptance rate
6.67%

Need to know for submitting

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

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $10-200

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      Fee

      $3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes

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      Examples online

      No

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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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 7500

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Nonfiction

Max words: 7500

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Poetry

3-7 pages, one poem per page. all styles and subjects

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Fiction

Max words: 7500

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Nonfiction

Max words: 7500

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Poetry

3-7 pages, one poem per page. all styles and subjects

Magazine

Founded in 1956 | ?

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 :)

Eilis O'Neal
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

29

Average acceptance rate

6.67%

Average response time

98 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

100/201 days

Fastest response time

49 days

Slowest response time

160 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 513 days