West Branch
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Last checkedWest Branch is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation, with submissions normally accepted from August 1 through April 1.
Response time info: ten weeks or less, though responses may take longer; query after more than four months
Read the full guidelines at westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu↗Submission calls
Fiction submissions are read August 1 through April 1. Send no more than thirty pages of a single prose piece; short-form fiction may include up to three pieces totaling under fifteen pages. Work created by AI is ineligible. First North American serial rights are purchased for accepted work.
Creative nonfiction submissions are read August 1 through April 1. Send no more than thirty pages of a single prose piece. Work created by AI is ineligible. First North American serial rights are purchased for accepted work.
Translation submissions are read August 1 through April 1. The page provides no separate length limit for translations. Work created by AI is ineligible. First North American serial rights are purchased for accepted work.
Poetry submissions are read August 1 through April 1. Send no more than six poems in one file. Work created by AI is ineligible. First North American serial rights are purchased for accepted work.
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