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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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Response Time

4 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • 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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Track submission

47

Total submissions tracked

152 days

Average response time

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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