An online literary magazine and cultural hub that has been publishing original writing, interviews, and other forms of creative expression since July 2000.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 120 days after submission*/Editor reported data100 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 3%*/Editor reported data11.63%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best Microfiction, Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Include a third-person bio—preferably a brief one, but knock yourself out—along with any links you would like included with your work. Social media handles may also be included in your bio. (We'll most likely follow you if you mention your Twitter and Instagram names.) Please include a word count.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
If you want to send your piece as an attachment, use Word. Optimally, paste the submission in the body of the email and then back it up with an attachment.
Author's rights
First electronic. Authors retain rights to print.
Additional info
Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype They love dogs! Send them their dog! (ok, cats are fine too)
About
Identity Theory is an online magazine of literature, music, film, social justice, and art. Identity Theory has been publishing original writing, interviews, art, and and other forms of creative expression since July 2000. In the past decade our journal has most famously published highly regarded lon...
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Matt Borondy
Editor-in-Chief
Sophie Newman
Deputy Editor
Carole Burkett
Senior Prose Editor
Sarah Clayville
Senior Fiction Editor
James Warner
Senior Fiction Editor
Vic Nogay
Micro Editor & Associate Poetry Editor
Sara Sams
Poetry Editor
Justin Aoba
Deputy Poetry Editor
Doug Dabbs
Visuals Editor