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"We’re looking for narrative writing and evocative photography from all over the world. Send us work that maps the human landscape, where the light catches on the faintest joy, where darkness sometimes threatens to overwhelm, and where ✗ never marks the spot."
"We’re looking for narrative writing and evocative photography from all over the world. Send us work that maps the human landscape, where the light catches on the faintest joy, where darkness sometimes threatens to overwhelm, and where ✗ never marks the spot."
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: $200-$0
Fee
Yes: $2.5
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: 10
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
4 genres
Fiction
Max words: 7000
Send us your emotionally honest story — the one that helps us learn what it feels like to be someone else. Share satire that hits close to ...
Nonfiction
Max words: 7000
Send us your essay that’s too personal for any other journal — the one where you’re so unguarded you need editors you can trust and compassi...
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Send us your poem that basks in the mysteries of the universe — the one where the smallest detail tells us about our place in the world. Sh...
Photography
Max pieces: 36
We're interested in black-and-white photographs — from intimate moments of human connection to striking natural wonders — reminding us to ta...
Fiction
Max words: 7000
Send us your emotionally honest story — the one that helps us learn what it feels like to be someone else. Share satire that hits close to ...
Nonfiction
Max words: 7000
Send us your essay that’s too personal for any other journal — the one where you’re so unguarded you need editors you can trust and compassi...
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Send us your poem that basks in the mysteries of the universe — the one where the smallest detail tells us about our place in the world. Sh...
Photography
Max pieces: 36
We're interested in black-and-white photographs — from intimate moments of human connection to striking natural wonders — reminding us to ta...
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139
Total submissions tracked
68 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
2 days
Fastest response time
232 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 403 days, 473 days, 486 days, 488 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
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Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We prefer manuscripts in any legible 12-point font with double-spaced paragraphs, page numbers in the footer, and 1-inch margins. On page 1 please include the author’s name, submission title, and genre. While we appreciate careful proofreading, we don’t disqualify submissions for formatting inconsistencies or typos. Please don’t withdraw and resubmit just because you spot a mistake.
Rights for published work
We purchase one-time print and online publishing rights.
Additional info
We pay $200 and up depending on published length. We consider simultaneous submissions. Submission fee: $2.50. We pay our manuscript readers as well as our contributors. We are particularly looking for work by writers of color, queer and trans writers, writers with disabilities, incarcerated writers, and others who are marginalized on the basis of their circumstances or identity.
About the Magazine
Founded in 1974 | United States
The Sun is an independent, ad-free magazine that for more than forty years has used words and photographs to evoke the splendor and heartache of being human. Each monthly issue celebrates life, but not in a way that ignores its complexity. The personal essays, short stories, interviews, poetry, and photographs that appear in The Sun’s pages explore the challenges we face and the moments when we rise to meet them. From its idealistic, unlikely inception in 1974 to its current incarnation as a nonprofit magazine with more than 60,000 print and digital subscribers, The Sun has attempted to marry the personal and political; to challenge the status quo and reveal injustice; to honor courageous and honest writing; and to touch the mystery of our humanity. In a world where advertising pursues us almost everywhere, The Sun remains a rare ad-free sanctuary.
Masthead
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Sy Safransky
Editor-in-Chief
Rob Bowers
Publisher
Examples
1 pieces from Chill Subs people
