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"The Forge Literary Magazine was founded by volunteers from the Fiction Forge, an international online writers’ forum."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

June 30, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
/ 10 days
Average acceptance rate
1% / 4.26%

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

      $75/piece

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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

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

We prefer stories below 3,000 words.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

We prefer stories below 3,000 words.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

We prefer stories below 3,000 words.

all

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

We prefer stories below 3,000 words.

Magazine

Founded in 2016 | ?

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 :)

John Haggerty
Founding Editor
Sara Crowley
Co-Managing Editor
Sarah Starr Murphy
Co-Managing Editor
Valerie O'Riordan
Senior Editor
Sommer Schafer
Senior Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

48

Average acceptance rate

4.26%

Average response time

10 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

296/9 days

Fastest response time

0 days

Slowest response time

30 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 561 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

diamondgbraxton avatarSasha Fox Carney avatar
2 pieces