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"A magazine of culture and politics. The Drift aims to introduce new work and new ideas by young writers who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind and don’t feel hemmed in by the boundaries of the existing discourse."
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Open for submissions

Introduction

We want socially engaged cultural criticism; class-sensitive analysis; pieces that point out what’s being avoided or talked around in politics, media, arts, or even academia; upbeat cynicism; un-self-serious screeds; generous takedowns; entries from the margins; fiction; poetry; 1-3 sentence book/ movie/ TV/ art reviews.

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
/ 80 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

      $25-2000

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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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

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

Unfortunately, we’re not able to read draft nonfiction submissions. We work on essays often over the course of many months and several drafts, and we like to begin with a two- to four-paragraph pitch.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

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Art

No specific limitations

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Review

1-4 sentence book/movie/TV/art reviews, or "Mentions" The best Mentions have a clear, narrow angle, make a few jokes, and land on a punchy kicker.

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Fiction

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

Unfortunately, we’re not able to read draft nonfiction submissions. We work on essays often over the course of many months and several drafts, and we like to begin with a two- to four-paragraph pitch.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

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Art

No specific limitations

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 :)

Kiara Barrow
Editor
Rebecca Panovka
Editor
Clare Sestanovich
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

50

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

80 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/80 days

Fastest response time

1 days

Slowest response time

221 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

James Folta avatar
4 pieces