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"QAE is the Ohio University English Department's graduate-student run journal of innovative writing and art. Contributors include Diane Seuss, Negesti Kaudo, Mary Ruefle, Dani Putney, Ander Monson, Lia Purpura, Paul Crenshaw, Peter Ho Davies, Elisa Gabbert. "
Introduction
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Response Time
3 months / 87 days
Average acceptance rate
8% / 7.69%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 8500

Max pieces: 1

If sending a short story or excerpt of a novella or novel, up to 8500. Excerpts must be able to stand alone as stories.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

If sending flash, send up to 3 in one document.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 8500

Max pieces: 1

If sending an essay excerpt of a longer work, up to 8500 words. Excerpts must be able to stand on their own as works.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

If sending flash cnf, send up to 3 in one document.

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Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 5

Please send up to 5 poems in one document

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 10

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Photography

Max pieces: 10

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 8500

Max pieces: 1

If sending a short story or excerpt of a novella or novel, up to 8500. Excerpts must be able to stand alone as stories.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

If sending flash, send up to 3 in one document.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 8500

Max pieces: 1

If sending an essay excerpt of a longer work, up to 8500 words. Excerpts must be able to stand on their own as works.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

If sending flash cnf, send up to 3 in one document.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 5

Please send up to 5 poems in one document

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Art

Max pieces: 10

Magazine

Founded in 1994 | 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 :)

Candace Walsh
Editor-in-Chief
Tessa Stamm
Co-Editor
Laura Post
Poetry Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

27

Average acceptance rate

7.69%

Average response time

87 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/87 days

Fastest response time

32 days

Slowest response time

135 days