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A Velvet Giant

Literary Magazine

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Wtf is genre, send anything

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We love ambiguity: flash pieces, found pieces, cross-genre experiments, the "poem" that thinks it might be a story, the "story" that thinks it might be a poem. Retellings and reimaginings. Work that chips away at institutional structures. Work that breaks everything down so that it can build.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
  • Response time:
    4-5 months*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    114 days*
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  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    0%*
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PaysYes

Find more details in the Genres section

FeeNo

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 2500 words max

Max words: 2500

Max pieces: 3

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

Up to 10 pages

Nonfiction - 2500 words max

Max words: 2500

Max pieces: 3

Up to 10 pages

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Up to 10 pages

Art

Max pieces: 3

Up to 10 pages

Wtf is genre, send anything

Max pieces: 3

We do not categorize work by genre, so please do not tell us what genre you're sending us (if you know). If you include a cover letter (welcome, but not required), you might say something along the lines of “included are three pieces of writing” rather than “three poems.”

Translation

We are open to translated original work.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    No cover letter advice

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    Pays! $20 per contributor Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype

Tracker statistics

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Total submissions tracked

114 days

Average response time

-

Average acceptance rate

29 days

Fastest response time

242 days

Slowest response time

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2018

Country

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    Erika Walsh

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Emma Sheinbaum

    Editor-in-Chief