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Sinister Wisdom

Literary Magazine

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Nonfiction

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Hybrid

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a multicultural lesbian literary and art journal

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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

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    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

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    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

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    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 5000 words max

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 2

Sub Genres: All / surprise us

two short pieces OR one longer piece of up to 5,000 words

Nonfiction - 5000 words max

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 2

two essays, OR one longer piece of up to 5,000 words

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

any style or form

Hybrid

No specific limitations

Review

No specific limitations

Art

No specific limitations

How to submit

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  • Cover letter

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  • Eligibility

    Women and other marginalized gendersLGBTQ+ creators

  • Formatting

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  • Additional info

    publishes only Lesbians’ work, seeks to open, consider and advance the exploration of lesbian community issues provides free subscriptions to women in prison and mental institutions in rare instances, Sinister Wisdom will reprint work that has been previously published interested particularly in work that reflects the diversity of our experiences: as lesbians of color, multiracial lesbians, ethnic lesbians, Jewish lesbians, Arab lesbians, old lesbians, young lesbians, working class lesbians, poverty class lesbians, gender queer lesbians, butch lesbians, masculine of center lesbians, androgynous lesbians, femme lesbians, trans lesbians, disabled lesbians, and fat Lesbians writing: material may be in any style or form, or combination of forms

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Total submissions tracked

92 days

Average response time

50%

Average acceptance rate

15 days

Fastest response time

246 days

Slowest response time

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Founded

1976

Country

US

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    Julie R. Enszer

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