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Poetry

Deadline: Apr 30, 2024

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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

4-6 months / 64 days

Acceptance Rate

5% / 0%

  • 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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Track submission

47

Total submissions tracked

64 days

Average response time

5% / 0%

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