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Unfortunately, Literary Magazine
Literary Magazine
We at Unfortunately, aim to take the sting-and-stigma out of rejections and make the writing world a little less of a hellscape.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: 1 month*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
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, wtf idk
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Art
Min pieces: 4
Max pieces: 10
Photography
Min pieces: 4
Max pieces: 10
Play
No specific limitations
Comics
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
or text-based work, we acquire Exclusive First Electronic Rights and Exclusive Social Media Rights for 90 days. After the first 90 days: We also ask for Non-Exclusive Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Social Media Rights indefinitely so we can include your work in our archives and throwback posts on social media. You can publish your work somewhere else, but please credit Unfortunately, Literary Magazine with initial publication. For image-based work, we acquire Non-Exclusive Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Social Media Rights indefinitely. This is so we can include your work in our current issue and social media posts, and subsequently in our archives and throwback posts. For translations, we acquire Exclusive First English-Language and Exclusive Social Media Rights for 90 days. You must provide a statement that certifies you have received permission from the original rights holder (either the publisher or the author, as applicable) to give us these rights. After the first 90 days: We also ask for Non-Exclusive English-Language Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Social Media Rights indefinitely so we can include your work in our archives and throwback posts on social media. You can publish your work somewhere else, but please credit Unfortunately, Literary Magazine with initial publication.
Additional info
Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:) "They explain what they love about the piece and why they picked it - I found this very rewarding."
Tracker statistics
41
Total submissions tracked
239 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
64 days
Fastest response time
276 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 448 days
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