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Deadline

Apr 1, 2024

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"A thrice-yearly magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews."

"A thrice-yearly magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews."

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

10 weeks or less / 38 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: see Genres section for details

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: yes, copies + subscription

  • Examples online

    No

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max thirty pages of prose. You may submit up to three pieces of short-form fiction (flash, short-shorts, etc.) so long as the total page cou...

Nonfiction

Max thirty pages. CNF only.

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

Review

Book reviews are typically arranged by assignment, and we publish only poetry reviews. If you are interested in writing reviews, please quer...

Translation

Thirty pages of prose max.

Fiction

Max thirty pages of prose. You may submit up to three pieces of short-form fiction (flash, short-shorts, etc.) so long as the total page cou...

Nonfiction

Max thirty pages. CNF only.

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

Review

Book reviews are typically arranged by assignment, and we publish only poetry reviews. If you are interested in writing reviews, please quer...

Translation

Thirty pages of prose max.

Statistics

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

38

Total submissions tracked

38 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

18 days

Fastest response time

69 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 193 days, 227 days, 1269 days, 1950 days

How to submit

Process

We use a custom submission manager, which you can find at https://westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu/.

Cover letters

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

The submission manager accepts most document types; we prefer to receive files in .DOC or .RTF format.

Rights for published work

For accepted work, we purchase First North American serial rights.

Additional info

Please acquaint yourself with the magazine before submitting; sample back issues are available for only $3. Subscriptions are available at $10 for one year and $16 for two years. For subscription information, selected work, and news, see our website.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1977 | 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 :)

Shara Lessley

Editor-in-Chief

Examples

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