"The Baffler is America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems and art. We publish six print issues annually, as well as online content every day of the cursed workweek."
Open for submissions
Introduction
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
/ 37 days
Average acceptance rate
0%
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
Yes
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
anything that sounds like an academic “workshop” or writers’ “colony” will be printed out and lit on fire.
Poetry
No specific limitations
Art
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Fiction
anything that sounds like an academic “workshop” or writers’ “colony” will be printed out and lit on fire.
Poetry
No specific limitations
Art
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Magazine
Founded in 1988 | 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 :)
Bidi Choudhury
Managing Editor
Dave Denison
Senior Editor
Jess Bergman
Web Editor
Zach Webb
Associate Editor
J.W. McCormack
Literary Editor
Chris Lehmann
Editor at Large
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
39
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
37 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/37 days
Fastest response time
6 days
Slowest response time
90 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 174 days