Since 2007, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency has been run by one person out of a living room in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 14 days after submission*/Editor reported data7 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 1%*/Editor reported data2.35%*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
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
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Cover letters are unnecessary, but not forbidden by any means. If they are longer than three and a half sentences there’s a fair chance they won’t be read. Just being honest here. Absolutely all submissions must look like this: My Funny Experience [story title]* By William Williams [author’s name] willywill@internet.com [email address] @wilywill [twitter handle, if you have one]
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please paste the entire document into the email message. Please don’t share Google docs or links to your private blogs. Also, very important: do not send us attachments. We are afraid of what these attachments may be carrying. Your subject line should contain some indicator of what is contained in your submission. A version of the title is recommended. Please do not format your piece in an unusual way. Do not use colors or fun fonts. Don’t even bother describing how your piece would be best if formatted in a particular way because we probably cannot achieve this formatting on the site. We’re just not that smart.
Author's rights
You retain rights to your work after publication. Your published work will be housed in our internet archives in perpetuity, and we may re-post a link to your piece on social media sites from time-to-time.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
132
Total submissions tracked
7 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
58 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 78 days, 76 days, 68 days, 109 days, 59 days, 70 days
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About
McSweeney’s is a nonprofit publishing company based in San Francisco. As well as operating a daily humor website, we also publish Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Illustoria Magazine, and an ever-growing selection of books under various imprints. You can buy all of these things from our online...
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