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The Offing

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Translation

Art

Comics

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An online literary magazine publishing creative writing in all genres and art in all media.

Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    6 months*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    161 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    4.085928753180661%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

Pays$25-$100

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

    Best of the Net, 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

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $25-100

Our Fiction department is happy to consider excerpts from novels and short story collections, especially from small presses. If you have something you would like considered, email excerpts as a Word .doc to mary@theoffingmag.com. Please note that we currently don't have a budget to pay for excerpts, but we do want to help bring readers to books that might otherwise get overlooked.

Nonfiction

Payment: $25-100

No specific limitations

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Payment: $25-100

Translation

Payment: $25-100

No specific limitations

Art

Payment: $25-100

The Offing's Art department seeks visual art, including paintings, sculptures, installations, and performances. Our features can be as broad as an entire practice, or as focused as a single work. We also take writing on, about, or inspired by art such as reviews, critiques, essays or think-pieces.

Comics

Payment: $25-100

The Offing is interested in publishing all manner of comics and graphic story telling.

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

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    Pays! $25-$100 depending on department

Tracker statistics

395

Total submissions tracked

161 days

Average response time

4.085928753180661%

Average acceptance rate

12 days

Fastest response time

550 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2323 days, 707 days, 709 days

Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

2.00%

12-month average acceptance rate

185 days

12-month average response time

Submission calls

    Micro

    Open

    Deadline: Nov 1, 2024

About

Founded

2015

Country

US

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Masthead

    Editor Mimi Wong avatar

    Mimi Wong

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Ashaki M. Jackson avatar

    Ashaki M. Jackson

    Publisher

    Editor Connie Ni Chiu avatar

    Connie Ni Chiu

    Managing Editor

    Editor Patrick Mullen-Coyoy avatar

    Patrick Mullen-Coyoy

    Deputy Editor