Surging Tide is a BIPOC-led experimental literary journal publishing short form, long form, visuals, and interviews.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 60 days after submission*/Editor reported data22 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 6%*/Editor reported data6.45%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
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
From the editors
Best Microfiction, Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Process
Form
Cover letter
Include a cover letter with trigger warnings and a short 50-word third-person biography.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
pdf.
Author's rights
Surging Tide reserves First North American Serial Rights, as well as rights to publish in any future anthologies. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
56
Total submissions tracked
22 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
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About
Since its inception, Surging Tide has featured or collaborated with nationally and internationally-recognized writers and artists. Our contributors have been featured in The Adroit Journal, The Atlantic, Catapult, Electric Literature, Poem-A-Day, Ploughshares, The New Yorker, and more. Check out o...
Read moreFounded
2020
Country
CA
Masthead
Fiona Jin
Editor-in-Chief
Arah Ko
Managing Editor
Kaydance Rice
Managing Editor