Copper Nickel ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Poetry, Best American Short Stories, Best Small Fictions.
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Last checkedCopper Nickel is a literary journal accepting poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and flash during two annual submission periods.
Response time info: within twelve weeks, though response times can be longer particularly in spring
Read the full guidelines at copper-nickel.org↗Submission calls
Accepts one story or three flash pieces per submission, with no prose length restrictions. Submissions are accepted August 15-December 1 and January 15-March 1; seasonal caps may close submissions early after 2,000 fall or 500 winter/spring fiction submissions.
Accepts one essay per submission; prose has no length restrictions. Submissions are accepted August 15-December 1 and January 15-March 1.
Translation folios may contain five to ten poems or one piece of prose (fiction or nonfiction). Submissions are accepted August 15-December 1 and January 15-March 1; accepted folios require an 800-1,200-word contextualizing introductory essay.
Accepts four to six poems per submission. Submissions are accepted August 15-December 1 and January 15-March 1; seasonal caps may close submissions early after 2,000 fall or 800 winter/spring poetry submissions.
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