Logo of River Styx (defunct) literary magazine
"Since 1975, River Styx has published an international, award-winning journal of poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, and art. "
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
5 months / 1882 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

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

      $25-150

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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, copies + subscription

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      Examples online

      No

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      Active on social media

      No

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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

Short story.

Flash rules

Stories/essays of 500 words or fewer may be sent in groups of up to three.

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Nonfiction

Essay.

Flash rules

Stories/essays of 500 words or fewer may be sent in groups of up to three.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Play

No specific limitations

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Translations

No specific limitations

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Short story.

Flash rules

Stories/essays of 500 words or fewer may be sent in groups of up to three.

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Nonfiction

Essay.

Flash rules

Stories/essays of 500 words or fewer may be sent in groups of up to three.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Play

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 1975 | 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 :)

Shanie Latham
Associate Volunteer Editor
Sandra Marchetti
Poetry Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

31

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

1882 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/1882 days

Fastest response time

1667 days

Slowest response time

2096 days