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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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Introduction

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,

Vibe

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Response Time
138 days
Average acceptance rate
2.7%

Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary

all

literary

experimental

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

creative nonfiction, such as personal essays or narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews

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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.

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Art

Max pieces: 5

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Photography

Max pieces: 5

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5000

open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary

all

literary

experimental

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

creative nonfiction, such as personal essays or narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews

poetry genre icon

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.

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Art

Max pieces: 5

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    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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Magazine

Founded in 1867 | 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 :)

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