Paperbark
Literary Magazine
An interdisciplinary print and digital magazine, published twice annually. The magazine focuses on criticism, art, poetry, and prose engaged with the environmental humanities.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 8.93% *Editor reported data
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best of the Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
2
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
Translation
No specific limitations
Art
Max pieces: 6
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
You should also include a brief, third-person biography in the "Cover Letter" section on Submittable, to be featured online upon acceptance.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please use standard fonts and page numbers where applicable. Prose should be double-spaced.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Accept previously published artwork Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:)
Tracker statistics
18
Total submissions tracked
32 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
63 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 247 days
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Submission calls
All genres
About
Paperbark lives at the confluence of text and image, science and art. We believe in an obligation to a livable future nurtured through sustainability and collaborations between generations, populations, and fields of thought. Rooted in stewardship and committed to art’s transformative capacities, Pa...
Read moreFounded
2017
Country
US
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Editor-in-Chief
Evelyn Maguire
Managing Editor
Jane Feinsod
Poetry Editor
Joe Fritsch
Prose Editor