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"The Wrath-Bearing Tree publishes essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry on military, economic, and social violence written by those who have experienced military, economic, and social violence or their consequences."

"The Wrath-Bearing Tree publishes essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry on military, economic, and social violence written by those who have experienced military, economic, and social violence or their consequences."

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

3 to 6 months / 118 days

Acceptance Rate

50%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    Yes

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Poetry

We have no minimum or maximum word count for poetry submissions, and submissions of multiple poems are allowed.

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Length is flexible with no minimum word count. We have published flash fiction and longer pieces, though we have found that between 1,500 an...

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

We are looking for personal essays and book and film reviews on military, economic, and social violence written by those who have experience...

Poetry

We have no minimum or maximum word count for poetry submissions, and submissions of multiple poems are allowed.

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Length is flexible with no minimum word count. We have published flash fiction and longer pieces, though we have found that between 1,500 an...

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

We are looking for personal essays and book and film reviews on military, economic, and social violence written by those who have experience...

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2

Total submissions tracked

118 days

Average response time

50%

Average acceptance rate

113 days

Fastest response time

122 days

Slowest response time

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

Creators from a specific location / ethnic group

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

We particularly enjoy work that is weird, funny, or otherwise surprising.

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 :)

JENNIFER ORTH-VEILLON

Editor-in-Chief

MATTHEW J. HEFTI

Director

BEN LEROY

Director

MICHAEL CARSON

Director

ADRIAN BONENBERGER

Director

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