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"Strong words for a polite nation. Publishing provocative fiction, essays, poetry, and commentary for over 25 years."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
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Average acceptance rate
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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

      $50/poem / $.10/word

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      Fee

      $3

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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

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 3000

(max. 3 submissions per issue)

literary

experimental

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Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

(max. 2 submissions per issue) *5. Commentary (social or otherwise): a maximum of 4000 words.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 3000

(max. 3 submissions per issue)

literary

experimental

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

(max. 2 submissions per issue) *5. Commentary (social or otherwise): a maximum of 4000 words.

Magazine

Founded in 1988 | Canada

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 :)

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

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