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"A literary and art magazine, published four times a year on the seasonal solstice."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

August 15, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
53 days
Average acceptance rate
80%

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

      No

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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

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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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

Max words: 6000

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Poetry

Entries must be in the form of portfolios; a portfolio must contain 3 – 10 poems. Each individual poem must start on a new page, beginning with a title underlined.

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Art

Max pieces: 10

Entries must be in the form of portfolios; a portfolio must contain 3 – 10 pieces.

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Photography

Max pieces: 10

Entries must be in the form of portfolios; a portfolio must contain 3 – 10 pieces.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

journals, articles, or full-length essays

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 6000

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Entries must be in the form of portfolios; a portfolio must contain 3 – 10 poems. Each individual poem must start on a new page, beginning with a title underlined.

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Art

Max pieces: 10

Entries must be in the form of portfolios; a portfolio must contain 3 – 10 pieces.

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Photography

Max pieces: 10

Entries must be in the form of portfolios; a portfolio must contain 3 – 10 pieces.

Magazine

Founded in 2009 | 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 :)

Kaylyn Dunn
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

5

Average acceptance rate

80%

Average response time

53 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

62/17 days

Fastest response time

15 days

Slowest response time

97 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Angel Rosen avatar
2 pieces