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Waxing & Waning: A Literary Journal

Literary Magazine

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“Amplifying the voices of the unbridled holler.”

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
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PaysNo

Fee$3-$7

Find more details in the Genres section

  • 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: 100

Max words: 5000

Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental

Submission fee: $ 5

if any longer, it should be good enough to merit the space it will take up

Nonfiction - 5000 words max

Max words: 100

Max words: 5000

Sub Genres: All / surprise us

Submission fee: $ 5

if any longer, it should be good enough to merit the space it will take up

Poetry

Min pieces: 1

Max pieces: 5

Submission fee: $ 5

up to 3000 words (spaced accurately)

Art

Max pieces: 5

Play (Screenplays/Plays)

Submission fee: $ 7

Screenplays / Plays: Up to 25 pages (may be a part of a whole)

Comics

Submission fee: $ 3

3-5 pages, black-and-white or color

Video (Short films)

Submission fee: $ 3

Short Films: Up to 15 minutes, if Submittable lets you attach it, we’ll look at it!

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    No cover letter advice

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    Bring us the work everyone else is afraid of. Bring us the work you’re afraid of. Bring us the work that gets at the trueness frightening you out of the routine. 1 online / 1 print release per year Simultaneous submissions accepted (please let us know, however) Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, & Short Films submissions $5 Screenplays/Plays submissions $7 Graphic Stories submissions $3 Art submissions FREE

Tracker statistics

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Total submissions tracked

127 days

Average response time

25%

Average acceptance rate

96 days

Fastest response time

150 days

Slowest response time

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Submission calls

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    Always open

    General

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    Submissions open year-round

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    Editor C.I. Aki avatar

    C.I. Aki

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Ericka M. Arcadia avatar

    Ericka M. Arcadia

    Editor Chuck Beard avatar

    Chuck Beard

    Editor Drew Holden avatar

    Drew Holden