Willow Springs
Literary Magazine
Willow Springs publishes work by unknown and up and coming writers, and by U.S. Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners, engaging our readers in an ongoing discussion of art, ideas, and the human experience.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 6 months*/Editor reported data324 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Payssee Genres section for details
Find more details in the Genres section
Fee$3
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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
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
From the editors
yes
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
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 100 per piece
Fiction - 750 words max
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 40 per piece
Nonfiction
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 100 per piece
Nonfiction - 750 words max
Max words: 750
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 40 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 20 per piece
Translation
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please submit a word document.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Active on social media Available in print. We offer two complimentary copies for work we publish. Pays! $100 per published long-form prose piece, $40 for short prose and $20 per published poem Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Submission fee (though they have some free submission windows)
Tracker statistics
90
Total submissions tracked
324 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
41 days
Fastest response time
530 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 826 days, 1070 days
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Submission calls
All genres
General
Deadline: May 31, 2025
About
Since 1977 Willow Springs has published the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews with notable authors including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, Robert Wrigley, Joyce Carol Oates, Yusef Komunyakaa, Ramona Ausubel, Rebecca Brown and Kim Addonizi...
Read moreFounded
1977
Country
US
Masthead
Polly Buckingham
Editor-in-Chief
Samantha Swain
Managing Editor
Brittany Jennings
Web Editor
Tricia Kiehn
Web Editor