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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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Response Time

within 4 months / 52 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • 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

Statistics

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Track submission

2

Total submissions tracked

52 days

Average response time

0%

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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