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"Protean produces cutting-edge print and digital media for the discerning leftist, sans advertisements."
"Protean produces cutting-edge print and digital media for the discerning leftist, sans advertisements."
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Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: see Genres section for details
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
6 genres
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Nonfiction
Max words: 4500
criticism, news analysis, essays
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 4500
film or book reviews
Interview
No specific limitations
Art
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 3000
Nonfiction
Max words: 4500
criticism, news analysis, essays
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 4500
film or book reviews
Interview
No specific limitations
Art
No specific limitations
Statistics
We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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13
Total submissions tracked
100 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
90 days
Fastest response time
105 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2 days, 21 days, 144 days, 170 days
How to submit
Process
Send us an email! We have different emails for different genres. Please visit https://proteanmag.com/submissions/
Cover letters
All submissions (criticism, fiction, and poetry) should include a short bio, past bylines, and other relevant information in the pitch email. When pitching an article, tell us why you’re the right person to write this piece.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Our preferred format for sending all drafts, fiction, and poetry is a separate document (.doc or .docx) attached to your pitch email. (Please don’t send work in .pdf format.)
Rights for published work
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Pays! $30 per poem, min $100 for fiction pieces, min $175 for reviews Available in print We typically do not accept republications of written works. We make exceptions for poetry that has appeared on social media and unpublished excerpts from upcoming books
About the Magazine
Founded in 2019 | United States
Protean produces cutting-edge print and digital media for the discerning leftist, sans advertisements. Protean is a non-profit leftist publication that produces an annual print magazine and puts out online content year-round. Each print edition contains approximately 100 full-color, ad-free pages that address the most pressing issues of our time. Our site showcases new pieces of freely available work—essays, fiction, and poetry—on a weekly basis. Protean’s mission is to promote high-quality criticism, literature, and art for the political left.
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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 :)
Examples
4 pieces from Chill Subs people
