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Reed Magazine is California’s oldest literary journal. Tracing its heritage to 1867, the journal started as a mere pamphlet published by students of the California State Normal School,
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Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 5000
open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary
all
literary
experimental
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
creative nonfiction, such as personal essays or narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Our taste is eclectic and celebrates the wonderful diversity of forms, styles, and levels of diction available to the contemporary poet.
Art
Max pieces: 5
Photography
Max pieces: 5
Fiction
Max words: 5000
open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary
all
literary
experimental
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
creative nonfiction, such as personal essays or narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Our taste is eclectic and celebrates the wonderful diversity of forms, styles, and levels of diction available to the contemporary poet.
Art
Max pieces: 5
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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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 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 1867 | United States
Masthead
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Helen Meservey
Editor-in-Chief
Jane Berg
Managing Editor
Lana La Framboise
Fiction Editor
Ryan Steel
Nonfiction Editor
Addie Mahmassani
Poetry Editor
Sierra Simkins
Art & EVC Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
43
Average acceptance rate
2.7%
Average response time
138 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
243/127 days
Fastest response time
55 days
Slowest response time
243 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 943 days