Squawk Back
Literary Magazine
An online literary journal of transgression and alienation.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: within four weeks*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
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
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 6000
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 6000
Poetry
Max pieces: 10
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Please include your byline and a third-person bio with your submission.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Attachments in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, or .odt format.
Author's rights
Upon acceptance for publication, submitted pieces which appear in their entirety on personal blogs, self-publishing or other websites either must be removed from those websites, or replaced with excerpts. Upon submitting your work, you hereby grant (the) Squawk Back a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify and display your content for any purpose, including without limitation promoting and redistributing part or all of the site. Works submitted to Squawk Back, whether officially or unofficially copyrighted, will remain the full intellectual property of their authors. We are far less interested in exploiting emergent literary voices than providing them with a louder box with which to squawk.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
22
Total submissions tracked
62 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
23 days
Fastest response time
104 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1 days, 119 days
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Submission calls
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About
Squawk Back was founded by Zak Block in May 2011 | Assoc. Eds.: Rachael Elisheva, W. F. Roby, Kaj Tanaka "Press": Duotrope Interview: https://duotrope.com/interview/editor/8121/squawk-back Haydens Ferry Review Interview: http://haydensferryreview.com/haydensferryreview/2013/11/an-interview-with-sq...
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2011
Country
US
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Editor-in-Chief
Cheryl Spinner
Editor
Kaj Tanaka
Editor