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"We aim to showcase poetry and prose with sincere intentions, works that forgo aesthetic goals and academic conventions to offer an honest perspective to others. We seek writing that lives in the labor, takes long breaths, words that still have the dirt in them. "

"We aim to showcase poetry and prose with sincere intentions, works that forgo aesthetic goals and academic conventions to offer an honest perspective to others. We seek writing that lives in the labor, takes long breaths, words that still have the dirt in them. "

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

17 days

Acceptance Rate

15.38%

  • Payment

    Yes: $15 per piece

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    Yes

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

6 genres

Fiction

Max words: 2500

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

Max pieces: 1

This genre can include essays or CFN.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Hybrid

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Art

Max pieces: 5

For Print Issue 5 we are looking for general illustrations and visual art mediums.

Fiction

Max words: 2500

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

Max pieces: 1

This genre can include essays or CFN.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Hybrid

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Art

Max pieces: 5

For Print Issue 5 we are looking for general illustrations and visual art mediums.

Statistics

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Track submission

50

Total submissions tracked

17 days

Average response time

15.38%

Average acceptance rate

2 days

Fastest response time

25 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 0 days, 92 days, 92 days

How to submit

Process

We use Google Forms.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

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Rights for published work

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Additional info

Offer expedited response Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Have pop-up submission windows with a fast response Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:) Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Available in print "We do “poetry nominations” where we solicit poems from poets, whom other poets nominate first. Usually it is done through a Twitter thread/post."

About the Magazine

Founded in 2021 | United States

Co-editors & founders Brandon Noel & Tony Wade were inspired directly by the life & work of their shared mentor and fellow Ohio poet Maj Ragain. The formation of this magazine was centered on the kind of work he taught them to create, love, & seek out. The name Olney comes from Ragain’s hometown of Olney, Illinois. It is a way of honoring him, as well as, the place he loved & wrote of so fondly.

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 :)

brandon noel

Editor

tony wade

Editor

jennifer c. martin

Fiction Editor

lauren theresa

Poetry Editor

moira walsh

Poetry Editor