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Guidelines

"The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program. We welcome submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and built, urban, rural or wild. "

"The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program. We welcome submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and built, urban, rural or wild. "

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

136 days

Acceptance Rate

11.11%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: yes

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

4 genres

Art

Max pieces: 3

1-3 pieces of visual art that grapple with your specific (hyper)locality. How is your place unlike any other place? Show it off. Show us aro...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Art

Max pieces: 3

1-3 pieces of visual art that grapple with your specific (hyper)locality. How is your place unlike any other place? Show it off. Show us aro...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Statistics

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Track submission

36

Total submissions tracked

136 days

Average response time

11.11%

Average acceptance rate

68 days

Fastest response time

181 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 535 days

How to submit

Process

-

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

All marginalized creatorsLGBTQ+ creatorsWomen and other marginalized gendersCreators w/ disabilities

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

Copies. Contributors to our print issues will be offered one copy of the issue in which their work appears. Digital contributors will be offered either one back issue or a copy of the upcoming print issue. We welcome especially work by writers who are part of marginalized groups: immigrant and indigenous writers; writers of color; women, non-binary, LGBQA and trans writers; writers with disabilities both visible and invisible. Send us your best work! There is a $2 submission fee for our issues, however we will announce FREE submission days occasionally over social media.

About the 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 :)

Sheila Squillante

Editor-in-Chief

Lauren Hunter

Managing Editor