Trace Fossils Review
Literary Magazine
The art in wake of the artist.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 4-12 weeks*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 3% *Editor reported data
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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
Work previously recognized by YoungArts and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is eligible for publication, as is some work previously recognized in high school- and university-level contests. Please make a note in your cover letter if your submission applies to any of these criteria.
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
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
We publish a print issue every year, containing select pieces from the preceding four quarters. Every contributor selected is granted one contributor copy.
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
From the editors
6
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction (short stories, flash fiction and microfiction)
Max words: 100
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Magical Realism
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 500
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
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Poetry
Max lines: 132
Min pieces: 1
Max pieces: 3
Hybrid (of form; lyric essays and beyond)
Max words: 500
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Art (Visual Art/Photography)
Max pieces: 3
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Cover letter is not required. Include a short biographical statement, should you wish.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility restraints.Formatting
Submit all prose and poetry in Times New Roman, 12pt font. Poetry single spaced, prose double spaced. We accept .docx and .word files. For photography and multimedia, TIFF, JPEG and EPS work best for us, with an image quality of at least 300 ppi. Please include all submissions (not including art/photography) in one file.
Author's rights
We ask for First Serial Rights for all pieces. All rights revert back to the creator after six months—within that period, monogamy is a big thumbs up for us. Since we only publish unpublished work, it’s super important to us that you tell everyone about your first time. We reserve the right to republish the piece or include it in any anthologies, as well as to display it in our archives.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
20
Total submissions tracked
78 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
57 days
Fastest response time
90 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
Spring
All genres
About
Trace Fossils Review is a quarterly online and print magazine publishing works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, hybrid and visual art. Founded and maintained solely by students, the magazine's mission is to build a home for writing that leaves a dent, for the pieces we come back to and think, "someo...
Read moreFounded
2023
Country
US
Masthead
Jessie Leitzel
Editor-in-Chief
Elliott Kate Cooper
Editor-in-Chief
Merrik Moriarty
Head Editor
Linda Garziera
Head Editor
Braeden LaRoche
Head Art Editor
Sophia Stadalsky
Art Editor
Bella Cosentino
Web Editor