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"Portage Magazine is run and edited by undergraduate students at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Portage publishes literary writing, art, music, film, and cultural commentary from the upper Midwest. "
"Portage Magazine is run and edited by undergraduate students at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Portage publishes literary writing, art, music, film, and cultural commentary from the upper Midwest. "
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Payment
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Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
11 genres
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
One short story up to 3,000 words or up to three pieces of flash fiction (up to 750 words each.
Flash Fiction
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 3
One short story up to 3,000 words or up to three pieces of flash fiction (up to 750 words each.
Nonfiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Creative Nonfiction. Sometimes, reality is more fun than fiction.
Poetry
Min pieces: 1
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
We are accepting unsolicited reviews of upper Midwestern creative work. Please query first with the work you would like to review.
Art (Visual Art)
Max pieces: 3
Photography
Max pieces: 3
Comics
Max pieces: 3
Audio (Music and Film)
Max pieces: 3
We are looking for up to three pieces of music from the upper Midwest.
Video (Music and Film)
Max pieces: 1
We are looking for one short film up to twenty minutes long from the upper Midwest.
Wtf is genre, send anything (Other)
If you have something that doesn’t quite fit into any of the above categories but you think we’d love it, send us a query.
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
One short story up to 3,000 words or up to three pieces of flash fiction (up to 750 words each.
Flash Fiction
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 3
One short story up to 3,000 words or up to three pieces of flash fiction (up to 750 words each.
Nonfiction
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Creative Nonfiction. Sometimes, reality is more fun than fiction.
Poetry
Min pieces: 1
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
We are accepting unsolicited reviews of upper Midwestern creative work. Please query first with the work you would like to review.
Art (Visual Art)
Max pieces: 3
Photography
Max pieces: 3
Comics
Max pieces: 3
Audio (Music and Film)
Max pieces: 3
We are looking for up to three pieces of music from the upper Midwest.
Video (Music and Film)
Max pieces: 1
We are looking for one short film up to twenty minutes long from the upper Midwest.
Wtf is genre, send anything (Other)
If you have something that doesn’t quite fit into any of the above categories but you think we’d love it, send us a query.
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Cover letters
Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!
Eligibility
Creators from a specific location / ethnic group
Formatting
Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!
Rights for published work
Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!
Additional info
We welcome submissions from writers and artists living in the Upper Midwest or with a relationship to the Upper Midwest. We also welcome submissions from writers and artists who address the Upper Midwest some way in their work.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2014 | 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 :)
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