Transition Magazine
Literary Magazine
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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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: within 4 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
PaysNo
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
From the editors
yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Poetry
Max pieces: 7
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Fiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Interview
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Photography
Max pieces: 10
Art
Max pieces: 10
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
Creators 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
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.
Tracker statistics
6
Total submissions tracked
52 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
4 days
Fastest response time
96 days
Slowest response time
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General
We accept submissions year-round on a rolling basis.
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Vasantha Sambamurti
Editor-in-Chief
Tanya Larkin
Managing Editor
Robert Reid-Pharr
Editor
Dell Marie Hamilton
Visual Arts Editor