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"We strive to promote the tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary American literature, alongside international voices both in English and in translation."
"We strive to promote the tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary American literature, alongside international voices both in English and in translation."
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Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
9 genres
Fiction
We don't have a word limit at this time, but we do prefer works of less than twenty double-spaced pages. Please note that novel chapters or ...
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We also love flash fictions (<1,000 words)—send up to three flash fictions in one document.
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Please send one essay, memoir, or nonfiction excerpt at a time. While we're open to longer work, we typically publish essays under 6,000 wor...
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We also love flash nonfictions (<1,000 words)—send up to three flash nonfictions in one document.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 3
Translation
Submitters should follow the above guidelines that correspond to the genre they are translating. If your submission contains multiple pieces...
Review
Book reviews and interviews are generally done by Waxwing contributing editors, but unsolicited reviews and interviews are sometimes accepte...
Interview
Book reviews and interviews are generally done by Waxwing contributing editors, but unsolicited reviews and interviews are sometimes accepte...
Fiction
We don't have a word limit at this time, but we do prefer works of less than twenty double-spaced pages. Please note that novel chapters or ...
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We also love flash fictions (<1,000 words)—send up to three flash fictions in one document.
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Please send one essay, memoir, or nonfiction excerpt at a time. While we're open to longer work, we typically publish essays under 6,000 wor...
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
We also love flash nonfictions (<1,000 words)—send up to three flash nonfictions in one document.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 3
Translation
Submitters should follow the above guidelines that correspond to the genre they are translating. If your submission contains multiple pieces...
Review
Book reviews and interviews are generally done by Waxwing contributing editors, but unsolicited reviews and interviews are sometimes accepte...
Interview
Book reviews and interviews are generally done by Waxwing contributing editors, but unsolicited reviews and interviews are sometimes accepte...
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Total submissions tracked
152 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
3 days
Fastest response time
445 days
Slowest response time
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
While they are optional, we prefer that you include a cover letter with your submission that tells us what you are submitting (titles and genre are helpful) and a short third person author bio. We like cover letters because we would like to know who you are, if we don’t already. But the information in your cover letter will have no bearing on whether or not your work is accepted for publication — that decision is driven solely by the writing you submit.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Prose: Double-space your manuscript and include page numbers. Art: Files should be JPGs or similar file type. Screen resolution at a size that displays the image well enough is fine — if an image is accepted for publication, we will ask for a higher resolution file.
Rights for published work
Waxwing requests first serial rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication, although we will preserve your work online in our archives for the lifespan of the magazine. If the work is later republished, we request you note its initial publication in Waxwing. We also request the right to republish your work in future print anthologies and/or as promotional broadsides with author permission.
Additional info
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About the Magazine
Founded in 2013 | United States
It is the editors’ belief that American literature is thriving, both in terms of aesthetics and cultural inclusiveness. Waxwing believes that American voices are, at their cores, both multicultural and multinational, and so the editors’ mission is to include American writers from all cultural identities — in terms of race, ethnicity, indigenous tribe, gender, class, sexuality, age, education, ability, language, religion, and region — alongside international voices, published bilingually. Waxwing aims to broadcast as widely as possible, in each and every issue, singular voices — and to hear these voices together, in all their harmony and dissonance.
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 :)
Iliana Rocha
Editor
Alyssa Jewell
Editor
Tara Isabel Zambrano
Editor
Silas Hansen
Editor
