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"This is a journal committed to diverse voices, an accessible journal, a journal for everyone. We’re interested in the work you’re producing--not where you’ve been published before. "
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Open for submissions

Deadline

May 31, 2023

Table of contents

Introduction

This is a journal committed to diverse voices, an accessible journal, a journal for everyone. We’re interested in the work you’re producing--not where you’ve been published before.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 months / 33 days
Average acceptance rate
4.65%

Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 7000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

We love nonfiction pieces we can’t classify.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Nothing excites us more than a stellar combination of image and sound. We read everything aloud. We pay attention to line breaks. If we’ve seen it before, we don’t want to publish it.

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Art

Max pieces: 10

Send us your collage, your photography, your paintings, your line drawings, your wood cuts, your etchings, your linotypes, your sand art -- whatever it is, we'd love to check it out. 5-10 images

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Photography

No specific limitations

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Fiction

Max words: 7000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

We love nonfiction pieces we can’t classify.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Nothing excites us more than a stellar combination of image and sound. We read everything aloud. We pay attention to line breaks. If we’ve seen it before, we don’t want to publish it.

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 10

Send us your collage, your photography, your paintings, your line drawings, your wood cuts, your etchings, your linotypes, your sand art -- whatever it is, we'd love to check it out. 5-10 images

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

  • 01

    Details

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  • 02

    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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  • 05

    Demographics & Eligibility

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  • 06

    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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  • 07

    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 2019 | 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 :)

Wendy Elizabeth Wallace
Editor
Bess Cooley
Editor
Shagufta Mulla
Art Editor
Brittany Claytor
Web Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

51

Average acceptance rate

4.65%

Average response time

33 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

103/34 days

Fastest response time

3 days

Slowest response time

82 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 200 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

sara j streeter avatarEmily Myles avatarM. Holladay Brantley avatarEric Scot Tryon avatar
4 pieces