Swamp Ape Review
Literary Magazine
The Swamp Ape is a legend that reflects Florida—its mythology, its weirdness—as well as the human desire to create a narrative around that which we can’t explain.
Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: ?
- 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
From the editors
We mail a copy to you with the information provided on submission :)
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: All / surprise us, wtf idk
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 6000
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Hybrid (South Florida Feature)
Translation
No specific limitations
Art
No specific limitations
Wtf is genre, send anything (Swamp)
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
All work will be considered for both the print and online issues. If your work is meant to function in both formats (i.e. collaboratively in print and online), please indicate this in your cover letter. (We would love to see submissions of this nature.)
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
For all submissions (fiction, poetry, nonfiction, visual art, and swamp), we ask for the right to display and archive work in multiple electronic formats, such as on our website and in PDF, as well as in print for special issues. We acquire First Rights to the work (i.e. the piece must not have been previously published in print or online), with all rights reverting back to the author upon publication. After publication, we greatly appreciate any reprints acknowledging that the piece was first published in Swamp Ape Review.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
17
Total submissions tracked
106 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
7 days
Fastest response time
112 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
General
Deadline: Aug 2, 2024
All prose submissions are considered for the Justin Waldron Memorial Prize.
Read moreAbout
Sometimes referred to as a “Skunk Ape” or “Swamp Cabbage Man,” the Swamp Ape is the southern equivalent of Bigfoot—an eight-foot-tall missing evolutionary link—but ours has the bonus of smelling awful. Taking this legend into account, submissions to the Swamp should defy form to the extent that the ...
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2017
Country
US
Masthead
J. L. Bermúdez
Editor-in-Chief
Sarah V. Dumitrascu
Co-Managing Editor
Sierra Yetka
Co-Managing Editor
Hunter Johnson
Fiction Editor
Jacqueline Rosado
Poetry Editor
Jacob Hibbard
Swamp Editor
Dani Marino
Visual Arts Editor
Alex Borowsky
Nonfiction Editor