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"phoebe prides itself on supporting up-and-coming writers, whose style, form, voice, and subject matter demonstrate a vigorous appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers."
"phoebe prides itself on supporting up-and-coming writers, whose style, form, voice, and subject matter demonstrate a vigorous appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers."
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Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
Yes: $3
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: yes
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
5 genres
Fiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
work over 4,000 words will need to be extraordinary. we are happy to accept up to three pieces of less than 1,000 words each
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
The phoebe fiction team is looking for short stories, flash fiction, and micro fiction that pack an emotional or intellectual punch and deli...
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
work over 4,000 words will need to be extraordinary. we are happy to accept up to three pieces of less than 1,000 words each
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We are excited by nonfiction that faces down risk, embraces complexity, and tests the bounds of form, craft and language. We look for person...
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
As poets, we want to see poems that are aware of themselves and their material(s). We want to see poems interacting with their status as lan...
Fiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
work over 4,000 words will need to be extraordinary. we are happy to accept up to three pieces of less than 1,000 words each
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
The phoebe fiction team is looking for short stories, flash fiction, and micro fiction that pack an emotional or intellectual punch and deli...
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
work over 4,000 words will need to be extraordinary. we are happy to accept up to three pieces of less than 1,000 words each
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We are excited by nonfiction that faces down risk, embraces complexity, and tests the bounds of form, craft and language. We look for person...
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
As poets, we want to see poems that are aware of themselves and their material(s). We want to see poems interacting with their status as lan...
Statistics
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41
Total submissions tracked
34 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
27 days
Fastest response time
38 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 54 days, 74 days, 97 days, 209 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
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Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Writers, we prefer that you submit your work as a Word Document or another similar processing system, rather than as a PDF. Visual Artists may use PDFs to submit multiple works of art, but should be prepared with a high-resolution version of their files upon their work's acceptance to the journal.
Rights for published work
Phoebe asks for: 1) First American rights for print publication of the Work in a future issue of Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art 2) Indefinite non-exclusive rights for electronic publication of the Work at www.phoebejournal.com, as well as through Phoebe’s social media websites and newsletters 3) Possible inclusion of the Work in a future anthology published by Phoebe Press All other rights remain the author’s. By signing a contract with us, you also affirm: 1) You are the original creator of the work. 2) You maintain the power and authority to grant the aforementioned publishing rights to Phoebe Press. 3) The work has not been previously published elsewhere and does not infringe upon any copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of any third party.
Additional info
We insist on openness, which means we welcome both experimental and conventional prose and poetry, and we insist on being entertained. We produce a print issue in fall/winter and an online issue in spring/summer. Our Spring Contest offers $500 to winners in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction, and $100 to runners-up in all three genres. We welcome multiple submissions, but each should follow the guidelines above.
About the Magazine
Founded in 1971 | United States
phoebe prides itself on supporting up-and-coming writers, whose style, form, voice, and subject matter demonstrate a vigorous appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers. We choose our writers because we believe their work succeeds at its goals, regardless of whether those goals are to uphold or challenge literary tradition. We insist on openness, which means we welcome both experimental and conventional prose and poetry, and we insist on being entertained, which means the work must capture and hold our attention, whether it be the potent language of a poem or the narrative mechanics of a short story. Above all, we seek to publish quality writing. Please review our website, especially our latest issue, for an idea of the caliber of writing we publish. We produce a print issue in fall/winter and an online issue in spring/summer. We’re generally open for submissions from August 15-October 15, and from January 15-March 15.
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 :)
Kayla Hare
Editor-in-Chief
Sophia Ross
Managing Editor
Examples
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