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"We’re looking for poetry that plumbs the strange and beautiful, surprises us with new perspectives of what language does, and overwhelms us with duende. Traditional form or wildly experimental, blank verse or free, we want you to woo us within an inch of our lives. "
Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 months / 38 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      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 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

The sweet spot is around 3500 words, stories over 5,000 words are a hard sell.

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Nonfiction

non-fiction, memoir

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

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Play

ten-minute plays, one-act plays

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

The sweet spot is around 3500 words, stories over 5,000 words are a hard sell.

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Nonfiction

non-fiction, memoir

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

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Play

ten-minute plays, one-act plays

Magazine

Founded in ? | 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 :)

Kari Ann Ebert
Poetry/Interview Editor
Stephen Scott Whitaker
Fiction Editor/Managing Editor
James C. L. Brown
Founding Editor, Publisher
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

7

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

38 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/38 days

Fastest response time

0 days

Slowest response time

88 days