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"Shenandoah was founded in 1950 by a group of Washington and Lee University faculty members and undergraduates, Tom Wolfe among them. We’re excited to consider short stories, essays, excerpts of novels in progress, poems, comics, and translations of all the above."

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Introduction

Shenandoah was founded in 1950 by a group of Washington and Lee University faculty members and undergraduates, Tom Wolfe among them. We’re excited to consider short stories, essays, excerpts of novels in progress, poems, comics, and translations of all the above.

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
6 months / 47 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 8000

SHORT STORIES, NOVEL EXCERPTS

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

We’re happy to consider flash fiction–short stories under 1,000 words. You may include up to three pieces of flash in a single submission

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Nonfiction

Max words: 8000

CNF: essays, memoir, etc.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

not more than ten pages total

comics genre icon

Comics

No specific limitations

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Translations

No specific limitations

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 8000

SHORT STORIES, NOVEL EXCERPTS

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

We’re happy to consider flash fiction–short stories under 1,000 words. You may include up to three pieces of flash in a single submission

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 8000

CNF: essays, memoir, etc.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

not more than ten pages total

comics genre icon

Comics

No specific limitations

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 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 1950 | 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 :)

Beth Staples
Editor-in-Chief
Brenna Womer
Nonfiction Editor
DW McKinney
Nonfiction Editor
Lesley Wheeler
Poetry Editor
Chris Gavaler
Comics Editor
Seth Michelson
Translations Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

62

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

47 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/47 days

Fastest response time

6 days

Slowest response time

101 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 373 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Mack Rogers avatarJA Holm avatar
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