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"New perspectives, enduring writing. Join a conversation 200 years in the making."

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Introduction

New perspectives, enduring writing. Join a conversation 200 years in the making.

Vibe

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Response Time
8 months / 174 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

No specific limitations

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Review

Max words: 5000

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Translations

No specific limitations

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

No specific limitations

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Review

Max words: 5000

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    How to submit πŸ—οΈ

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    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements πŸ—οΈ

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    Rights for published work πŸ—οΈ

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Magazine

Founded in 1819 | 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 :)

Meghan O’Rourke
Editor-in-Chief
Jill Pellettieri
Deputy Editor
Will Frazier
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

26

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

174 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/174 days

Fastest response time

153 days

Slowest response time

205 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 0 days, 13 days, 578 days