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"We are a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world. Since its founding in Uganda in 1961, the magazine has kept apace of the rapid transformation of the African Diaspora and has remained a leading forum of intellectual debate."
"We are a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world. Since its founding in Uganda in 1961, the magazine has kept apace of the rapid transformation of the African Diaspora and has remained a leading forum of intellectual debate."
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Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
No
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: yes
Examples online
No
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
6 genres
Poetry
Max pieces: 7
5-7 poems
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
essay
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
We publish short stories as well as excerpts from forthcoming novels.
Interview
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
We love to publish interviews by and with scholars, writers, artists, filmmakers, activists—anyone doing something interesting and unique in...
Photography
Max pieces: 10
Art
Max pieces: 10
Poetry
Max pieces: 7
5-7 poems
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
essay
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
We publish short stories as well as excerpts from forthcoming novels.
Interview
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
We love to publish interviews by and with scholars, writers, artists, filmmakers, activists—anyone doing something interesting and unique in...
Photography
Max pieces: 10
Art
Max pieces: 10
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Total submissions tracked
52 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
7 days
Fastest response time
96 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
Transition does not accept multiple submissions within a four-month period. Within a season, an author may submit one packet of 5-7 poems, 1 short story, 1 essay, or 1 interview. We expect the nonfiction pieces published in Transition to display the virtues of high-quality literary fiction, especially narrative prose, which leads the reader naturally from one sentence to the next. Rich description and attention to voice, tone, imagery, and word choice are all appreciated. We also welcome provocative points of view that stimulate debate. Copies. Transition pays contributors with one print copy of the issue in which their work appears, and the opportunity to reach a broad, international audience.
About the Magazine
Founded in 1961 | 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 :)
Vasantha Sambamurti
Editor-in-Chief
Tanya Larkin
Managing Editor
Robert Reid-Pharr
Editor
Dell Marie Hamilton
Visual Arts Editor
Examples
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