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The award-winning literary magazine of The Ohio State University
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 1200
Max pieces: 1
Particularly interested in reviews of new books that have been published within the last two years
Interview
Max pieces: 1
6-12 double-spaced pages
Art
Max pieces: 10
Send ~10 pieces of art as a cohesive series and include a short bio with your submission. High-quality TIFF or PDF files preferred. One artist is featured per issue and receives a cash honorarium.
Fiction
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 1200
Max pieces: 1
Particularly interested in reviews of new books that have been published within the last two years
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
02
How to submit 🏗️
03
Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
05
Demographics & Eligibility06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
07
Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 1973 | 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 :)
Hannah Smith
Managing Editor
Kathryn LeMon
Production & Online Editor
Sappho Stanley
Production & Online Editor
Ellen Rhudy
Fiction Editor
Elise Gorzela
Nonfiction Editor
Amanda Scharf
Poetry Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
119
Average acceptance rate
3.95%
Average response time
36 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
71/30 days
Fastest response time
18 days
Slowest response time
83 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 203 days, 939 days
