Unlikely Stories
Literary Magazine
An electronic magazine of literature, art, and culture that attempts a direct engagement with society and sociopolitical issues. We believe that art and philosophy are synonymous, and that they are the appropriate source of all social activism and political thought.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: 4-8 weeks*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
From the editors
Our policy on previously-published work is flexible. We don’t want work that our readers might have read. If it was published on the web in the past couple of years, especially in a similar journal, or if it was published in a very widely-distributed print journal within the past few years, we don’t want it. If it was published in a 500-copy ’zine ten years ago, please send it. If it was published online, but the publisher has disappeared from the web, please send it. We will assume full transparency and make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
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 - 8000 words max
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 8000 words max
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: , , , ,
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
Review
Art
Min pieces: 6
Max pieces: 9
Audio
Video
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Please feel free to send a bio of up to 100 words, and/or a headshot of yourself, which might be resized upon publication.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don’t care what font you send your work in. We don’t care if you attach it or paste it in the body of an email. We disrecommend including your full address and phone number when writing to some people on the Internet you don’t know, but feel free to do that if you think you’re supposed to.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Well I just think their submission guidelines are a work of art
Tracker statistics
11
Total submissions tracked
68 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
32 days
Fastest response time
76 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 100 days
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About
Unlikely Stories Mark V is the new incarnation of the electronic magazine, Unlikely Stories, which has been published on the Web, more-or-less continually, since 1998. We publish poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, including firsthand accounts of sociopolitical activism. We publish galleries ...
Read moreFounded
1998
Country
US
Masthead
Jonathan Penton
Editor-in-Chief
Leona Strassberg Steiner
Art Director