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Guidelines

"A literary journal that has been edited and published by students in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Mary Washington since 2013."

"A literary journal that has been edited and published by students in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Mary Washington since 2013."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

6 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • 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

    No

Accepted genres

7 genres

Fiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

Well written fiction. Pieces experimenting with form are encouraged. Although we are interested in a wide range of fiction, we will consider...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction pieces that range from flash nonfiction to extended memoir. Experimental form is encouraged. We would like to see essays...

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Any length and employing any aesthetic, including free verse, prose poems, and formal poetry.

Audio

Max pieces: 3

Submit up to three short pieces or one longer work up to 15 minutes in length per submission.

Art

Min pieces: 5

Max pieces: 20

Fiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

Well written fiction. Pieces experimenting with form are encouraged. Although we are interested in a wide range of fiction, we will consider...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction pieces that range from flash nonfiction to extended memoir. Experimental form is encouraged. We would like to see essays...

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Any length and employing any aesthetic, including free verse, prose poems, and formal poetry.

Audio

Max pieces: 3

Submit up to three short pieces or one longer work up to 15 minutes in length per submission.

Art

Min pieces: 5

Max pieces: 20

Statistics

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Track submission

18

Total submissions tracked

55 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

37 days

Fastest response time

75 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 209 days, 939 days

How to submit

Process

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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

About the Magazine

Founded in 2013 | 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 :)

Grace Hopps

Editor-in-Chief

Sydney German

Managing Editor

Madeleine Carberry

Lead Fiction and Nonfiction Editor

Miranda Colbert

Lead Fiction and Nonfiction Editor

Azeiza Hamza

Lead Poetry Editor

Aliza Haskal

Lead Poetry Editor