CRAFT Literary
Literary Magazine
CRAFT explores the art of prose, celebrating both emerging and established writers. We focus on the craft of writing and how the elements of craft make a good story or essay shine.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 4-5 months*/Editor reported data34 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 1.05%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
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 - 6000 words max
Max words: 1001
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 1001
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Interview
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
CRAFT holds first serial publication rights for three months after publication. Authors agree not to publish, nor authorize or permit the publication of, any part of the material for three months following CRAFT’s first publication. For reprints we ask for acknowledgement of its publication in CRAFT first.
Additional info
Pays! $100 for original flash and $200 for original short fiction and creative nonfiction. Does not pay for reprints though. Accept previously published They have a free fast response for BIPOC/underrepresented writers
Tracker statistics
124
Total submissions tracked
34 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
7 days
Fastest response time
101 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 157 days, 124 days, 138 days, 138 days
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Submission calls
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Courtney Harler
Editor-in-Chief