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Dear editors: We apologize in advance for the unavoidable sass. BUT! We read 4,000 submissions guidelines, and we have a few notes. Y'know, to make the whole thing easier. Way, WAY easier.
We've Read over 4,000 Submission Guidelines. Here's Some Feedback | Chill Subs Blog
Deepest apologies for the unavoidable sass
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that!

Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...

#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Fastest flash fiction magazines that respond in 1 week or less • Bending Genres - Thrilling, fanciful, oddball, unusual, stunning • Flash Frog - Stories like dart frogs: small, bright, and deadly to the touch • HAD - Minimalist, irreverent mag with popup submission calls • Kinda Weird Mag - Celebrating creativity at its roots • The Insurgence - Informative critical writing and celebratory creative writing • Genrepunk Magazine - Literary magazine for weird little experiments • Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace - Peacebuilding, healing, and changemaking • Hotch Potch Literature and Art - Discover, delight and differentiate • The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts - Weekly bursts of compression & decompression • MetaStellar - Wandering to the limits of what could be • The Future Fire - Progressive speculative fiction • The Rye Whiskey Review - E-zine dedicated to all things barroom • Intrepidus Ink - Gutsy, fearless, and unapologetic November 13, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Went down a New Yorker research rabbit hole and now we’re all gonna get FAMOUS, friends!

Read the full list here: bit.ly/m/ChillSubs FULL DISCLOSURE THOUGH - that is one of our paid pieces.

#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Want to publish in The New Yorker? Start with these 5 lit mags • The American Poetry Review + A top-ranked lit mag known for making careers • Denver Quarterly + Dedicated to pushing the boundaries of prose and poetry by publishing experimental work • London Review of Books + Work that reaches deep into the heart of the human condition and asks the difficult questions • Mid-American Review + A small but mighty open secret of a lit mag that's been around since the 70s • Poetry + A sprawling poetry paradise organized and designed with the reader front and center
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Tbh all poets have main character energy, so idk HOW we managed to narrow it down to 11. A lot of help from @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social and sleep deprivation probably.

Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/poetry...

#writing #writingcommunity #poetry
11 Poetry mags with main character energy • Poetry #The power of words to transform lives • The Common #Literature with a modern sense of place • Lucky Jefferson #Publishing social change • The Stinging Fly #The best new writing from Ireland and beyond • Swamp Pink #Poems that leap from the very first line • Gulf Coast #Flow of international cultures, voices, and aesthetics • Seedlings #Roots in the old world and branches in the new • The Poetry Review #The heart and hands of poetry in the UK • 32 Poems #Poetry for the ear, the eye, and the ego • The Threepenny Review #Inspiration, radical accuracy, and genuineness • The Kenyon Review #Emerging writers from diverse communities CHILL SUBS® X ONLY POEMS
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Wowwweee over 3000 of you have already have joined First Draft November 🥲

Our free 30-day challenge where we write 50,000 words of our first drafts, side by side.

We have so many festivities planned friends. Come join? (Link in bio)

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this is YOUR sign to write a novel First Draft November
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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It’s the spooky-ooky season and we’ve got a treat for you 👀 Bloodletter Magazine is extending their submission deadline by a week for all your last-minute scares! (Because we all know that writers are soooo good at hitting deadlines…)

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Lit Mags That Want Your Freak Shit Bloodletter Magazine x Chill Subs Graphic is a white, stylized illustration of a skeleton on a black background with the Bloodletter Magazine Logo on the left side. The Bloodletter Magazine logo is the word Bloodletter on a stencil of a wax seal.
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I never realized I needed the word "rejectomancy" in my life until this article <3
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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@chillsubs.bsky.social is doing First Draft November (same thing) with prompts & other cool check-ins! www.firstdraftnovember.com
First Draft November | Chill Subs | Substack
NaNoWriMo is canceled. Your novel isn't. Thirty days, one messy draft. Join us for a month-long novel writing challenge helping you hit 50,000 words. Click to read First Draft November, a Substack pub...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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These lit mags remind us of enchanting libraries, misty gardens, and secrets hidden within dusty tomes. If that sounds like your perfect afternoon, click the link to submit <3

➡️ www.chillsubs.com/lists/dark-a...

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→ Lit mags with dark academia vibes • The Yale Review #Join a conversation 200 years in the making • Poetry London #A catalyst for change • Fugue #Work that haunts and echoes • 32 Poems #Poetry for the ear, the eye, and the ego • The Ex-Puritan #A pioneering literature • The London Magazine #Since 1732 • New England Review #A vital snapshot of the literary moment • Willow Springs #Work that commands attention • The Massachusetts Review #Variety and vitality October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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How long do lit mags actually take to respond? We looked at response times for 2,377 publications, and here's what we found.

Read all about it: www.chillsubs.com/blog/how-long-do-lit-mags-actually-take-to-respond

#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
How Long Do Lit Mags Actually Take to Respond? | Chill Subs Blog
We looked at response times for 2,377 publications. Turns out, most magazines respond way faster than you'd expect
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October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Free MFA “ask-me-anything” event tomorrow(:

Register here: luma.com/pq8khn3q

Hosted by The University of Alabama’s MFA faculty

📍Virtual 📅 Wed 10/29 🕐 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

#Mfa
The University of Alabama is Partnered with Chill Subs
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Introducing Collections, a spankin’ new way to browse curated mags (because curation good, AI-slop bad)

www.chillsubs.com/blog/introducing-collections

#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Introducing Collections | Chill Subs Blog
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October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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These award-winning lit mags would be a crown jewel in any writer's bio *wink*

Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/excell...

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14 Lit mags with excellent reputations *Competitive *Popular • AGNI #Jolting the inner eye • Baltimore Review #Space for expression • Brevity #Spotlighting the brief essay form • Gulf Coast #Community-oriented excellence • The Cincinnati Review #Championing diversity and growth • Granta #Narrative, visceral, and high-stakes • Georgia Review #Honoring differences • Kenyon Review #Lyric risk and emotional presence • The Malahat Review #Top-tier writing with a Canadian focus • Island Magazine #Sharp, artful, and grounded • The Missouri Review #Current and curated • Black Warrior Review #A beacon for adventurous writing • The Threepenny Review #Radical accuracy and genuineness • SmokeLong Quarterly #Eclectic and challenging work
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!

 We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue 7 and a free month of @chillsubs.bsky.social membership!

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2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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How to write the perfect cover letter (even though nobody cares):
- what they are
- what they aren’t
- what to do with them

Read our newest blog post here: www.chillsubs.com/blog/how-to-write-the-perfect-cover-letter
How to Write the Perfect Cover Letter | Chill Subs Blog
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October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Join our Discord!

Writing is often a solo project, but that doesn’t mean writers have to be on their own. That’s why one of our goals has been to foster a community where folks can ask for help, share advice, and support each other.

Read about it here: www.chillsubs.com/blog/join-our-discord
Join Our Discord! | Chill Subs Blog
A place for the Chill Subs community to, well, chill
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October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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EXCITING NEWS! We're partnering with Chill Subs and their Contest Transparency Program for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration. In addition to the monetary prizes and publication for L'Esprit, Chill Subs is offering several awards for contest entrants and winners.
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Are you:
- Applying to MFA programs?
- Curious about how an MFA can support your goals?
- Baffled by what to include in an MFA application?

Join University of Alabama MFA in Creative Writing faculty members John Estes and Brooke Champagne on Oct 30 for an AMA on all things MFA!

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Poster graphic for a virtual AMA event. Title reads, "The MFA Life (star symbol) From applications, finding community & beyond" There is also a white RSVP button, and a few variously aligned texts that read "Chill Subs Live" and "with John Estes and Brooke Champagne" The right hand side shows two photos of people: John Estes, who has deep-set eyes, short brown hair, and some greying facial hair, is wearing a black button-up shirt and standing in front of a well-lit tree and white picket fence while smiling softly. Brooke Champagne, who has long brown hair, is wearing a light orange shirt under a navy blue jacket and orange earrings. She is standing against a blurred grey background and has a radiant smile.
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I think that covers all our bases. Probably.

Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho...

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9 places to send your writing about girlhood, grief, or god On girlhood... • Dreamworldgirl Zine #Whimsical, creative, and nostalgic • phoebe #Soulful and human • Milk Candy Review #Beautifully weird, lyrical flash fiction On grief... • Thimble #Armor found in the oddest of places • Bellevue Literary Review #In illness and in health • Bennington Review #Innovative, intelligent, and moving On faith... • Image Journal #Art, faith, and the human experience • EcoTheo Collective #Ecology, spirituality, and culture • Pensive #Work that deepens the inward life
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Okay, but don’t actually give up, because we have Raging Against the State of the Publishing World at 9am tomorrow. Maybe we could do brunch after?

#writingcommunity #writingmemes
Submitters' Bingo (below is listed in a 3x3 grid) Got excited but it was the confirmation email 5th form rejection from the same place Bookmarked 100 mags, submitted to 0 Found a typo 10 mins after submitting Free "I give up" square The editor has a personal vendetta against me Pile of unread lit mags building up Exported packet in the wrong format Way too many unused notes app bits
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Introducing the Chill Subs Affiliate Program: get paid for doing what you're already doing—spreading the word.

Read all about it here: www.chillsubs.com/blog/introdu...
Introducing the Chill Subs Affiliate Program | Chill Subs Blog
Get paid for doing what you're already doing—spreading the word
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October 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Will you get an agent? Who knows. Will you sound important at parties? Absolutely.

No database exists for agents’ reading habits, so we did this the hard way—by asking every agent, editor, and writing-adjacent human we could.

Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/15_fic...

#writing
15 fiction magazines that will make agents notice you • One Story #One great short story at a time • Passages North #Brave, risk-taking work • Conjunctions #Groundbreaking experimentation and rigorous quality • Clarkesworld #Top-tier speculative fiction since 2006 • Fairy Tale Review #Bringing fabulism into the foreground • Joyland #Where writers can tell the stories that matter to them most • Ecotone #Writing and art that reimagine place • F(r)iction #Boundary-pushing literature in themed anthologies • n+1#A history of the present day • American Short Fiction #Urgent, resh stories that shake you awake • McSweeney's Internet Tendency #Challenging conventional expectations • Ploughshares Literary Journal #Championing community, new writers, and diverse voices • Cricket #Beloved children's literary publication • Chicago Review #A contemporary standard of good writing • Harper's #Fine writing and original thought since 1850
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I've rewritten this caption 5x.
If you can relate, you'll love these places as much as we do.

Find the list here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/_beaut...
Lit mags for beautiful overthinkers • The Sun #The splendor and heartache of being human • Gastropoda #Celebrating the spiralic nature of life • X-R-A-Y #Uncomfortable, entertaining, and unforgettable prose • Press Pause Press #Your space, far away from the noise • 3:AM Magazine #Whatever it is, they're against it! • Gasher Press #Fresh voices and innovative forms • petrichor mag #Dedicated to the fusion of text and image • OVER/EXPOSED Lit #Modern and enigmatic work • ONLY POEMS #Poetry is just the evidence of life • Tension Literary #Writing with an edge • Cabinet Magazine #Curiosity about the world • The Lemonwood Quarterly #Holding up half the sky • Clarity Magazine #Mental health, minus the fluff October 15, 2025
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Our new 💡Smart Search💡 is about to make finding magazines way faster, and here's how:

- See magazines instantly (with their open/closed status in the dropdown)
- Apply filters as tags to narrow down listings by genre, country, keywords, and more!

www.chillsubs.com/blog/chill-subs-new-smart-search
The image is a screenshot of the Chill Subs website's new Smart Search browse set against a pastel pink-orange background. The page is on the Magazines tab of the website. The letters "poe" are typed into the search bar, and the dropdown below shows these items, each with its own thumbnail (usually the cover of the lit mag): Poetry Genre Poem-a-Day Literary Magazine Closes on Nov 15 Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry Literary Magazine Closed Poems for Tomorrow Literary Magazine Open Poesy Literary Magazine Closed (End list. Note: the open/closed status and date is right-aligned, unlike the rest of the info.) Under the filters button, which is located to the left of the search bar, there is a oblong bubble labeled Canada with a small x on the right to delete. This is the new tag filter function, and the search in the screenshot is filtering to view Canadian magazines.
October 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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7 prizes lit mags should submit to or fame and fortune! Or, at the very least, a lil’ prestige. 🏆

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October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM