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"Passages North, the annual literary journal sponsored by Northern Michigan University, has published short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and hybrid writing since 1979."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
/ 115 days
Average acceptance rate
3.82%

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

      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

      yes

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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

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

all

literary

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Hybrid

No specific limitations

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Fiction

No specific limitations

all

literary

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Hybrid

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 1979 | 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 :)

Jennifer A. Howard
Editor-in-Chief
Esperanza Elizabeth Vargas Macias
Fiction Editor and Managing Editor
Nadine Rodriguez
Managing Editor
Lisandra Perez
Poetry Editor
Matthew Gavin Frank
Nonfiction/Hybrids Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

158

Average acceptance rate

3.82%

Average response time

115 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

183/57 days

Fastest response time

11 days

Slowest response time

416 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Kenneth Jakubas avatarAlex Lanz avatarPaula Harris avatar
4 pieces