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"the annual art and literary magazine produced by the Southern Connecticut State University MFA program"
Introduction
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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
1591 days
Average acceptance rate
25%

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

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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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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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

no longer than 10 pages . Traditional and nonce forms accepted as well as free verse.

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Fiction

Max words: 6000

Flash rules

If you’re submitting multiple flash fiction pieces, please include up to three entries in a single submission totaling 3,500 words or fewer

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Art

No specific limitations

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

no longer than 10 pages . Traditional and nonce forms accepted as well as free verse.

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Fiction

Max words: 6000

Flash rules

If you’re submitting multiple flash fiction pieces, please include up to three entries in a single submission totaling 3,500 words or fewer

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Art

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 2008 | 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 :)

Jacob McElligott
Editor-in-Chief
Sarah Weynand
Editor
Erik Russo
Editor
Domenic Burby
Editor
Abigail Hanlon
Literature
Matt Laydon
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

11

Average acceptance rate

25%

Average response time

1591 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

2294/887 days

Fastest response time

887 days

Slowest response time

2294 days