The Empty Inkwell Review
Literary Magazine
The Empty Inkwell Review publishes creative and critical writing by writers aged 13-18.
Highlights
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1 week to 2 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 5% *Editor reported data
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FeeNo
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
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction (short story, flash fiction)
Max words: 1
Max words: 2000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary, Absurdist, Action-Adventure, Children's story, Crime, Experimental, Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Gothic, Historical, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ+ Stories, Magical Realism, Mystery, Noir, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative, Thriller, Young Adult
Nonfiction (creative non-fiction)
Max words: 1
Max words: 2000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction (academic essay writing)
Max words: 1
Max words: 2000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: ,
Poetry
Min pieces: 1
Max pieces: 4
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Review
Max words: 1
Max words: 2000
Interview
Max words: 1
Max words: 2000
Max pieces: 3
Art
Max pieces: 3
Photography
Max pieces: 10
Wtf is genre, send anything (Other Types of Writing)
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
Third Person Bio only, check Team page for reference.
Eligibility
Young creators
Writers aged 13-18 onlyFormatting
PDF submitted to form
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Tracker statistics
16
Total submissions tracked
30 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
9 days
Fastest response time
67 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 82 days
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About
In a world where creativity is constantly under the threat of extinction—from the difficulties of supporting oneself as an artist to the advent of new technologies—we strive to preserve the value of literature and poetry. Language, we believe, will hold value in society for as long as it exists, if ...
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2023
Country
US
Masthead
Isabella Zhu
Editor-in-Chief
Acadia Philips
Prose Executive Editor, Design Director
Julia Glazebnik
Poetry Executive Editor
Juna Brothers
Managing Editor