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"An independent, ad-free online magazine founded in 1997 that focuses on place by publishing a mix of award-winning contributions, including poetry, nonfiction, fiction, editorials, interviews, reviews, recommended reads, artwork, and community/regional case studies."
"An independent, ad-free online magazine founded in 1997 that focuses on place by publishing a mix of award-winning contributions, including poetry, nonfiction, fiction, editorials, interviews, reviews, recommended reads, artwork, and community/regional case studies."
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
Yes
Expedited response
Yes
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
7 genres
Fiction
Max words: 5000
Story, flash fiction series, novel excerpt, radio play, or other fiction piece
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
Creative nonfiction, personal essays, photo essays, articles, flash essays, case studies, and other essays need not follow any particular st...
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
2-6 poems. Any length
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Play
No specific limitations
Video
No specific limitations
Wtf is genre, send anything
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 5000
Story, flash fiction series, novel excerpt, radio play, or other fiction piece
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
Creative nonfiction, personal essays, photo essays, articles, flash essays, case studies, and other essays need not follow any particular st...
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
2-6 poems. Any length
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Play
No specific limitations
Video
No specific limitations
Wtf is genre, send anything
No specific limitations
Statistics
We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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47
Total submissions tracked
64 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
31 days
Fastest response time
102 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 168 days, 225 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
If you are a former Terrain.org contributor, please remind us in your cover letter.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Rights for published work
Terrain.org acquires online publication rights for the life of the journal, as well as the right to reprint the work in an anthology.
Additional info
Accept previously published: as long as the work is not available elsewhere online. Original, unpublished work preferred though. Offer expedited response: but only for Letter to America submissions, and even there it's about 2 months We do pay contributors when we can, particularly if they meet our goals under our 2020 Statement on Racial Justice (https://www.terrain.org/about/racial-justice/).
About the Magazine
Founded in 1997 | United States
With a focus on place, climate, and justice, Terrain.org is an independent magazine of literature, artwork, commentary, and design founded in 1997. Contributions to in Terrain.org are of the highest quality, by a variety of contributors for a diverse, informed, and progressive audience. Contributors range from icons in the field of nature writing, such as Wendell Berry, Jane Hirshfield, Camille T. Dungy, and Joy Harjo, to essential new voices that are changing both writing and place itself, such as Aisha Sabatini Sloan, José Angel Araguz, and Joe Wilkins. Likewise, our critically acclaimed series—including Letters to America, A Life of Science, and Pam Houston’s Twenty Words During Lockdown—respond in real time to the most urgent social and environmental justice issues of the day. The works Terrain.org publishes on a rolling schedule merge literary and graphic art with science and activism in a beautiful, interactive design.
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 :)
Simmons Buntin
Editor-in-Chief
Betsy Aoki
Editor
Chaun Ballard
Assistant Editor
Examples
2 pieces from Chill Subs people
