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"For over a decade, Relief has helped shape the landscapes of faith and imagination for readers around the world. In our annual print journal, we feature fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, and reviews."
"For over a decade, Relief has helped shape the landscapes of faith and imagination for readers around the world. In our annual print journal, we feature fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, and reviews."
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Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: yes
Examples online
No
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
7 genres
Fiction
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 3
Relief seeks fiction of high literary merit that takes the struggles and joys of our everyday lives seriously. We prefer to work with shorte...
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
In fact, flash fiction often has a better chance with us.
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 3
We don't want memoirs or devotionals so much as exploratory essays with an emotional arc that may or may not be narrative. Creative Nonficti...
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
We tend to like poetry that engages with authentic spiritual, emotional, and social experience with a good ear for the music of language. Po...
Art
No specific limitations
Comics
We are happy to consider short graphic narratives for print or web. The dimensions of our print journal are 8.5” by 5.5”.
Hybrid
We are happy to consider short graphic narratives for print or web. The dimensions of our print journal are 8.5” by 5.5”.
Fiction
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 3
Relief seeks fiction of high literary merit that takes the struggles and joys of our everyday lives seriously. We prefer to work with shorte...
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
In fact, flash fiction often has a better chance with us.
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 3
We don't want memoirs or devotionals so much as exploratory essays with an emotional arc that may or may not be narrative. Creative Nonficti...
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
We tend to like poetry that engages with authentic spiritual, emotional, and social experience with a good ear for the music of language. Po...
Art
No specific limitations
Comics
We are happy to consider short graphic narratives for print or web. The dimensions of our print journal are 8.5” by 5.5”.
Hybrid
We are happy to consider short graphic narratives for print or web. The dimensions of our print journal are 8.5” by 5.5”.
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Total submissions tracked
897 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
155 days
Fastest response time
1483 days
Slowest response time
How to submit
Process
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Cover letters
Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!
Rights for published work
Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!
Additional info
The best submissions come from those who have read our back issues and understand our mission. Above all, we seek works of artistic excellence. Wait until you receive a decision on a submission before sending a second (or third or fourth) submission. You certainly may submit to Relief again, but only one submission per genre at a time, please. Please wait one year if you’ve been published in the previous issue before submitting again. Payment. Authors of accepted work will receive a complimentary contributor’s copy. One piece from each genre (poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction) will be selected for the Editor's Choice Award. Recipients will receive two contributor’s copies.
About the Magazine
Founded in ? | 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 :)
Daniel Bowman, Jr.
Editor-in-Chief
Kia Apple
Managing Editor
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