Vagabond City Literature
Literary Magazine
a digital space feat. poetry, art, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews by marginalized creators
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- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 4-6 weeks*/Editor reported data56 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 25%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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
Fiction - 2500 words max
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 2500 words max
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 1500
Interview
Art
Max pieces: 6
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Please include a third-person bio, any social media handles, and where you learned about us in the body of the email.
Eligibility
All marginalized creators
Formatting
We prefer the work to be attached as a .doc or .docx file.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
We don’t accept works that play into the traditional oppressiveness of the literary canon, i.e. voicing the stories we hear often from the perspectives of cishet, white, upper-class able-bodied males. No slurs, unless you’re reclaiming them; if this is the case, please be sure that these slurs align with identities you’ve told us you have in your bio.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
56 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
19 days
Fastest response time
219 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 840 days
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About
This is a world in which the loudest voices are the marginalized. This is a world of poetry, prose, art, reviews, and interviews that fits outside the mainstream literary scene, yet still of significant literary merit. We actively seek work from authors and creators from diverse and marginalized ba...
Read moreFounded
2013
Country
US
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Alana King
Editor-in-Chief
Nicole-Anne Bales Keyton
Editor
Christian Bañez
Editor
Ola Faleti
Editor
Clair Dunlap
Editor