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"Ouch! Collective is a community of queer and nonbinary creatives holding space to resist hierarchy in the art community and uplift traditionally erased voices. We believe queer is the future and we’re ready to shout that into the void. "
Introduction
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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
21 days
Average acceptance rate
50%

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

      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

7 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Hybrid

Max pieces: 3

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 3

Don’t send us written work exceeding 3,500 words (1500 or less is even better).

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Fiction

Max pieces: 3

Don’t send us written work exceeding 3,500 words (1500 or less is even better).

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Photography

Max pieces: 3

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Art

Max pieces: 3

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Anything

We are open to all styles and forms, but we especially love non-traditional structure and art that isn’t afraid to get weird.

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Hybrid

Max pieces: 3

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 3

Don’t send us written work exceeding 3,500 words (1500 or less is even better).

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Fiction

Max pieces: 3

Don’t send us written work exceeding 3,500 words (1500 or less is even better).

all

Magazine

Founded in 2022 | 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 :)

Alex Wu
Editor-in-Chief
Josephine Raye Kelly
Editor
Abigail Sotelo
Editor
James Ochs
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

4

Average acceptance rate

50%

Average response time

21 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

21/22 days

Fastest response time

18 days

Slowest response time

24 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

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1 pieces