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Watershed Review

Literary Magazine

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Nonfiction

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Our mission is to publish literature and visual art illustrating diversity in thought and experience, capturing the crucial narratives and images of our current cultural moment, as well as awareness of the shifting edges of genre.

Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    3 months*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

PaysNo

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

  • 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 - 2500 words max

Max words: 2500

Sub Genres: Literary

Submission fee: $ 3

Nonfiction - 2500 words max

Max words: 2500

Submission fee: $ 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 4

Submission fee: $ 3

Art

Max pieces: 8

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

    Watershed Review acquires one-time rights. All rights subsequently revert to author.

  • Additional info

Tracker statistics

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Total submissions tracked

130 days

Average response time

30%

Average acceptance rate

50 days

Fastest response time

212 days

Slowest response time

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About

For forty years, Watershed Review has been an integral part of the Literary Editing and Publishing (LEAP) certificate program at California State University, Chico, providing professional training to countless creative writers and future editors. Students who participate in the creation and maintena...

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Founded

1977

Country

US

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