Description
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Our editors are impressed by work that’s attentive to craft without drawing attention to it, that takes risks whether noisy or quiet, and that’s serious in its purpose even when its leading edge is humor.
Note: if your work is accepted, wait a year after publication to submit again.
Our editors are impressed by work that’s attentive to craft without drawing attention to it, that takes risks whether noisy or quiet, and that’s serious in its purpose even when its leading edge is humor.
This market is temporarily closed.
This market charges an unknown fee to submit.
Market Submission Schedule
- Open Submission - Sep 1, 2026 thru Dec 1, 2026 (Begins 40 days from now)
- Open Submission - Mar 1, 2027 thru May 1, 2027 (Begins 221 days from now)
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
General
We publish a broad range of nonfiction, including (...) critical reassessments, cultural criticism (art, film, etc.), travel writing, environmental writing, and works in translation.
Originals
0 to 2500 words
$50/piece
2500 to 20000 words
2 cents/word
Essay
interpretive and personal essays
Originals
0 to 2500 words
$50/piece
2500 to 20000 words
2 cents/word
Essay
We are seeking brief essays, 900 to 2,000 words, that trouble the conventional prescriptiveness of “craft” and instead illuminate the infinite possibilities beneath questions of style, time, sound, form, voice, character, image, setting, risk, genre, etc.
Originals
900 to 2000 words
$50/piece
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 84 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 84 days
Market-Provided Data
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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numbers will be so please be sure to log all of your submissions here and not just your rejections or acceptances.
Count:
There are 6 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 48 | Average: 67.60 | Median: 55 | Max: 115
Responded:
83.33%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
83.33% - avg 67 days
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
16.66%
Pending:
There are 2 pending responses.
(87 min | 91.50 average | 91 median | 96 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 3 June 2024
Last officially checked: 10 February 2026