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Torch Literary Arts: Friday Features

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Poetry

Hybrid

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Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established to publish and promote creative writing by Black women. We publish contemporary writing by experienced and emerging writers alike.

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Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

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  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    up to 3 months*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

Pays$150 per piece

Find more details in the Genres section

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

    From the editors

    Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net

  • 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 - 2500 words max

Max words: 2500

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $ 150 per piece

No more than ten (10) pages or 2500 words (whichever is achieved first). Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Payment: $ 150 per piece

Up to five (5) poems totaling no more than eight (8) pages.

Hybrid

Max words: 2500

Payment: $ 150 per piece

No more than ten (10) pages or 2500 words (whichever is achieved first). Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.

Play

Payment: $ 150 per piece

One act or a collection of short scenes no longer than ten (10) pages.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    No cover letter advice

  • Eligibility

    Women and other marginalized gendersCreators from a specific location / ethnic group

  • Formatting

    We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    All work accepted for publication will be considered for nomination for internal and external awards such as The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, etc. Authors with work selected for a Friday Feature will receive $100 (US) payment.

Tracker statistics

9

Total submissions tracked

105 days

Average response time

33.33%

Average acceptance rate

19 days

Fastest response time

122 days

Slowest response time

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Submission calls

    All genres

    Always open

    General

    Open

About

Founded

2022

Country

US

www.torchliteraryarts.org

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    Editor  Amanda Johnston avatar

    Amanda Johnston

    Editor-in-Chief