The Turning Leaf
Literary Magazine
A journal for essayists and poets on the edge of change
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 3 months or less*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: ?
- Work acquired through solicitation: 0%
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
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
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, , , , ,
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Hybrid
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Art
Max pieces: 5
Photography
Max pieces: 5
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Keep it brief! We know this part can be stressful, so we don't want to put a lot of pressure on it. Our author bios can be up to 100 words long, and generally contain a brief overview of your identity as a writer. We like clever quips, but we also like getting to the point.
Eligibility
We publish work from all voices, but especially love to make room for marginalized and unpublished voices.Formatting
Format your document into .doc or .docx
Author's rights
We acquire First North American serial rights, and rights revert to the author upon publication. We ask to be acknowledged in any future reprints
Additional info
Tracker statistics
14
Total submissions tracked
22 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
15 days
Fastest response time
29 days
Slowest response time
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General
All genres
About
The Turning Leaf Journal is founded upon the message of change. We aim to publish essays, poetry, hybrid works, and art that explore the turning over of a new leaf through life’s entrances, exits, seasons, formation, and destruction. This journal is a space to explore the uncomfortable, the things ...
Read moreFounded
2024
Country
US
Masthead
Megan Eralie-Henriques
Editor-in-Chief
Lauren McKinnon
Editor