Philadelphia Stories
Literary Magazine
Co-founders Carla Spataro and Christine Weiser began Philadelphia Stories to build a Philadelphia-based community of writers, artists, and readers through the free magazine and affordable educational programs and events.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 3-8 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
Pays$25 per piece
Find more details in the Genres section
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
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
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
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ per piece
Nonfiction (CNF)
Max words: 2500
Payment: $ 25 per piece
Poetry
Max lines: 36
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 25 per piece
Art
Max pieces: 5
Payment: $ 25 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Your cover letter should include a SHORT bio (about 50-75 words, written in third person) including your connection to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware. Feel free to copy and paste the same text in each of your three submissions. Upon acceptance, we will also ask for a photo and an updated bio.
Eligibility
Creators from a specific location / ethnic group
We look for fiction written by Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey writers (either currently residing in, originally from, or lived here at some point) that features sharp writing, carefully crafted plots, and, above all, compelling characters. Novel excerpts should be able to stand alone as a complete work.Formatting
Poems may be single spaced (unlike prose submissions which should be double spaced). Submit each poem in its own single document/attachment. This will allow the submitter to WITHDRAW work that is accepted elsewhere as we DO expect some poets to make simultaneous submissions to multiple journals. Submitted documents that include multiple poems may be excluded from consideration.
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Available in print Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:) Work from Philadelphia-based creatives
Tracker statistics
27
Total submissions tracked
367 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
26 days
Fastest response time
175 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2614 days
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