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"We aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, conceal. We value and emphasize relationships between the literary and visual arts, pairing the majority of the pieces we publish with original work from a variety of contributing visual artists."

"We aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, conceal. We value and emphasize relationships between the literary and visual arts, pairing the majority of the pieces we publish with original work from a variety of contributing visual artists."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

3 months / 111 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: $50

  • 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

    Yes: Twitter: No | Instagram: Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Poetry

Min pieces: 3

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Poetry

Min pieces: 3

Max pieces: 5

Statistics

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Track submission

33

Total submissions tracked

111 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

16 days

Fastest response time

210 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 952 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable. Please DO NOT submit to more than one category at a time.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

Authors retain all rights to their work, but The Spectacle requests that you wait three months after publication to republish your work elsewhere (exceptions will be considered). If your work is republished, we ask that you note its initial publication in The Spectacle.

Additional info

Website has some issues on mobile, the screen is cut off horizontally - just a little downside in the reading experience area

About the Magazine

Founded in 2015 | United States

The first issue of The Spectacle was launched in the fall of 2015, with Kelly Caldwell, Cassie Donish, and Jonathan McGregor at the helm. Twice a year, the magazine publishes issues that include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art, while THE REVUE publishes flash prose, short poems, interviews, special features, and other pieces year-round. Based out of the English, Creative Writing, and Visual Art departments at Washington University in St. Louis, The Spectacle is committed to publishing work from under-represented voices, including BIPOC, women, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, and people who have disabilities.

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 :)

Michael J. Sanders

Editor-in-Chief

Jenny Wu

Editor

Sophie He

Editor

S. Yarberry

Editor

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people