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Fourteen Hills

Literary Magazine

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Flash Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Hybrid

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Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an international literary magazine, Fourteen Hills has developed a reading audience that goes beyond the San Francisco Bay Area to the international community.

Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    4-8 months*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    181 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    5.88%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

Pays$20 per piece

Find more details in the Genres section

Fee$3

Find more details in the Genres section

  • 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

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

    From the editors

    2

  • 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: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: Literary

Submission fee: $ 3

Payment: $ 20 per piece

OR 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words).

Fiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Sub Genres: Literary

3 pieces of flash fiction (1000 words per piece)

Nonfiction - 6000 words max

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: , , , ,

Submission fee: $ 3

Payment: $ 20 per piece

1 piece of literary creative nonfiction (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words)

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Submission fee: $ 3

Payment: $ 20 per piece

7 pages max

Hybrid

Submission fee: $ 3

Payment: $ 20 per piece

For experimental or cross-genre work, please choose the closest category available

Art

Max pieces: 10

Submission fee: $ 3

Payment: $ 20 per piece

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    Cover letter should include, at minimum, contact information and third-person bio (max 3-5 sentences)

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    All written submissions must be in .doc or .docx file format (Microsoft Word or Open Office files)

  • Author's rights

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

  • Additional info

    Writers and artists may submit only once, in a single genre, per submission period Submission fee, though free for subscribers and folks for which the fee proves a hardship

Tracker statistics

78

Total submissions tracked

181 days

Average response time

5.88%

Average acceptance rate

76 days

Fastest response time

305 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1432 days, 2469 days, 4377 days

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About

Fourteen Hills is a graduate student-run and award-winning literary magazine that has been a vital part of the Bay Area literary community and beyond. We strive to publish work that pushes boundaries, challenges conventions, and subverts entrenched narratives. Since our inception in 1994, we have fe...

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Founded

1994

Country

US

www.14hills.net

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    Editor Chris Jones avatar

    Chris Jones

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Jack Darrow avatar

    Jack Darrow

    Managing Editor

    Editor Michaela Chairez avatar

    Michaela Chairez

    Editor-in-Chief