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"A publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the practice of poetry, and is not affiliated with any other organization."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
4-6 months / 110 days
Average acceptance rate
0.45%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $200

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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

      yes, one-year subscription

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      Examples online

      Yes

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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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

We like poems of any length.

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Art

Max pieces: 3

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Translations

No specific limitations

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

We like poems of any length.

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Art

Max pieces: 3

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Translations

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 1995 | 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 :)

Alan Fox
Editor-in-Chief
Timothy Green
Editor
Megan Green
Assistant Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

294

Average acceptance rate

0.45%

Average response time

110 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

827/100 days

Fastest response time

2 days

Slowest response time

564 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 653 days, 653 days, 653 days, 653 days, 827 days, 827 days, 827 days, 827 days, 1057 days, 1566 days, 1700 days, 2656 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

mikegoodwrites avatarMegan Moriarty avatarKatie Kemple avatarX. P. Callahan avatar
5 pieces