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Philadelphia Stories

Literary Magazine

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Nonfiction

Poetry

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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

Each poem not to exceed 36 lines

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

7.14%

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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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

0.00%

12-month average acceptance rate

66 days

12-month average response time

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Submission calls

    All genres

    Always open

    General

    Open

    Deadline: Dec 17, 2023

About

The primary vehicle for this mission is the free print magazine, which publishes work by local writers and artists. Five thousand copies of the free print magazine are distributed each quarter to more than 200 locations throughout the Delaware Valley, including all 54 branches of the Free Library of...

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Founded

2004

Country

US

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    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Yalonda Rice avatar

    Yalonda Rice

    Publisher/Executive Director

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    Trish Rodriguez

    Publisher/Editorial Director

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    Teresa FitzPatrick

    Fiction Editor/Fiction Contest Coordinator

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    Courtney Bambrick

    Poetry Editor

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    Celeste Cosme

    Nonfiction Editor

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    Pam McLean-Parker

    Art Editor

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    Yalonda Rice

    Managing Editor