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Guidelines

"The Ear is a literary journal based out of a community college in Orange County, CA. We publish previously unpublished poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and art from both the campus community and national and international writers and artists."

"The Ear is a literary journal based out of a community college in Orange County, CA. We publish previously unpublished poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and art from both the campus community and national and international writers and artists."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

248 days

Acceptance Rate

10%

  • 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

6 genres

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

creative nonfiction

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 3

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Art

Max pieces: 5

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

creative nonfiction

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 3

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Art

Max pieces: 5

Statistics

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Track submission

16

Total submissions tracked

248 days

Average response time

10%

Average acceptance rate

248 days

Fastest response time

248 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

We’re interested in eclectic work—you can see from our samples that we like anything that surprises and delights the average reader. We ask that contributors submit only once per genre per reading period, but you may submit in multiple genres within our reading period.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1982 | 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 :)

Virginia Shank

Editor-in-Chief