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"A small nonprofit press + mag committed to publishing diverse voices at all stages of their career. Our staff is entirely volunteer run and all proceeds go towards creating new books and paying writers."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

May 31, 2023

Table of contents

Introduction

A small nonprofit press + mag committed to publishing diverse voices at all stages of their career. Our staff is entirely volunteer run and all proceeds go towards creating new books and paying writers.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 months / 13 days
Average acceptance rate
3.17%

Latest [ Ugh ] post

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·  Jan 28
We're reading for our next issue right now! A few more days to send in prose. Subs for art & poetry open next month!

Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

15 pages max

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

15 pages max

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

10 pages max. There are no format restrictions.

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Art

Max pieces: 5

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Fiction

15 pages max

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

15 pages max

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

10 pages max. There are no format restrictions.

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Art

Max pieces: 5

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 2019 | 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 :)

Tyler Pufpaff
Editor-in-Chief
Barbara Lock
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

79

Average acceptance rate

3.17%

Average response time

13 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

26/13 days

Fastest response time

2 days

Slowest response time

58 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 95 days, 100 days, 100 days, 107 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Christy Tending avatarAshley Cline avatar
2 pieces