The Bombay Literary Magazine
Literary Magazine
The Bombay Literary Magazine’s mission is to promote fine literature as well as a writerly perspective on how literature does what it does. We publish stories, poetry, essays, reviews and graphic fiction three times a year.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: / 71 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 2.06%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysRs5000
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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
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 2000
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: Rs 5000
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Payment: Rs 5000
Hybrid
Payment: Rs 5000
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
Cover letters are optional, and we always read the other material first. But we do like to learn about our authors.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
As writers, we are all-too-aware of how usurious publishing contracts can be. So we worked with Dr. Kalyan Kankanala, chief attorney at Banana IP, India’s leading intellectual-property law firm, to devise generous and equitable terms for the author. We only ask for the minimum set of digital rights that will let us legally display your work online, exclusively for a period of one year, but non-exclusively thereafter. You retain all other rights.
Additional info
They allow simultaneous subs, but require 5 poems for consideration, so if one poem is accepted during their consideration period, one has to re-submit with a new poem.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
71 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
44 days
Fastest response time
93 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 371 days, 416 days
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About
Our people are mostly located in India, and hence our content has a certain South-Asian orientation. However, this is only an accident of geography. As our archives spanning 8 years and 50 issues and 263,000+ words will illustrate, we welcome writers from all over the world. We love literature, but...
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ANIL MENON
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TANUJ SOLANKI
Founder Editor