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General

Dec 20, 2023 - Jan 25, 2024

Guidelines

"The Aurora Journal publishes surrealistic poetry and prose. Inspired by the Aurora Borealis, we look for writing that is surreal, ethereal, and dreamy, and explores the dangerous limits of surrealism."

"The Aurora Journal publishes surrealistic poetry and prose. Inspired by the Aurora Borealis, we look for writing that is surreal, ethereal, and dreamy, and explores the dangerous limits of surrealism."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1-3 weeks / 22 days

Acceptance Rate

4.12%

  • Payment

    Yes: $12 per piece

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    Yes

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

no length limit

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

no length limit

Statistics

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Track submission

117

Total submissions tracked

22 days

Average response time

4.12%

Average acceptance rate

-25 days

Fastest response time

93 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 210 days, 249 days, 866 days

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

We ask for First North American Serial Rights. You (the writer) retain all legal rights to your work; though please credit The Aurora Journal as where your work has been featured. Once your work has been published here, you may submit it to other publications.

Additional info

Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Pays! $12/piece Offer expedited response: $3/piece - response within 24 hours. $7/piece for 2 full paragraphs of detailed, actionable feedback (poetry) within 1 week. $9/piece for a 24-hour response AND feedback within 1 week

About the Magazine

Founded in 2020 | United States

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 :)

Sophie Chiang

Editor-in-Chief