The Pinch
Literary Magazine
The Pinch was founded in 1980 as the Memphis State Review by William Page. The Pinch is a bi-annual literary journal produced entirely by the students of the University of Memphis MFA Program and English Department.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 3-6 months*/Editor reported data75 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 11.58%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
Fee$3
Find more details in the Genres section
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Flash Fiction
No specific limitations
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 4000
Submission fee: $ 3
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 3
Art
Submission fee: $ 3
No specific limitations
Photography
Submission fee: $ 3
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
All submissions should have a brief cover letter that includes contact information (name, address, phone number, email).
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
All submissions must be typed with 1″ margins and in Times New Roman 12 pt font or similar. We ask that you include page numbers. Prose writers - please help us keep our eyesight and double-space your submissions!
Author's rights
The Pinch purchases first North American serial rights upon acceptance; after publication, rights revert back to the author.
Additional info
Payment starting with issue 35.2 (Fall 2015) is two copies of The Pinch issue in which the work appears. In addition, one work from each genre will be awarded a $200 Featured Writer award, as determined by the editors.
Tracker statistics
114
Total submissions tracked
75 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
5 days
Fastest response time
248 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 488 days
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Submission calls
All genres
Flash Fiction, Fiction
Deadline: May 17, 2024
About
In its first few years, the journal published such well-known writers as Robert Bly, Phillip Levine, Mary Oliver, Robert Penn Warren, and Margaret Atwood. In 1988, the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program was formed at the University of Memphis, and Page handed his Editor in Chief positi...
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1980
Country
US
Masthead
Eric Schlich
Editor-in-Chief
Heather Truett
Managing Editor
Kalib LaChapelle
Online Editor
Haley Winans
Art Editor
J. Clark Hubbard
Poetry Editor
Mia Day
Poetry Editor
Victoria Brown
Prose Editor
K.M. Hardwick
Prose Editor