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Dec 1, 2024 - Feb 1, 2025

Guidelines

"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. "

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

by April 1

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • 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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How to submit

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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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