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Guidelines

"No good Southern fiction is complete without a dead mule."

"No good Southern fiction is complete without a dead mule."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

288 days

Acceptance Rate

100%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction

Max words: 2000

Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

Memoirs / Essays / Creative Non-Fiction. A special designation for the writing that is personal. Learned. About growing up or being you and ...

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Fiction

Max words: 2000

Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

Memoirs / Essays / Creative Non-Fiction. A special designation for the writing that is personal. Learned. About growing up or being you and ...

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Statistics

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Track submission

6

Total submissions tracked

288 days

Average response time

100%

Average acceptance rate

288 days

Fastest response time

288 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

-

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

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Please remember to include your Southern Legitimacy Statement in your cover letter. Everyone is south of somewhere. Read the Dead Mule if you don't know what we're talking about here.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1996 | 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 :)

Valerie MacEwan

Editor-in-Chief