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The New Ohio Review is a very secretive operation born out of the very building we currently have class in. This collection of both fiction and non- fiction stories, poetry and artwork are run by the creative writing program of the Ohio University English department.

The logo of the publication is a backslash followed by the letters NOR. They have published seven print issues with the latest being the Spring 2011 issue.

Unlike some of the other publication we have reviewed, NOR contributors receive an honoraria of $20/page of prose or $30/page of poetry and a one year subscription.

There is no fee to make a submission and they accept up to six poems if you are proactive about making submissions. All genres are accepted, so long as you don’t submit an unsolicited transcript. Simultaneous submissions are allowed as long as you make it known on the cover letter.

They receive a high volume of submissions so if you’re expecting a quick response, be wary of that.

In 2012, NOR is having a contest where a first place prize of $1500 and a second place prize of $500 will be awarded in both fiction and poetry. These prize winners will be published in the Fall 2012 issue.

A cool feature of the NOR website is the audio section where pieces are read aloud by the authors. One of the most recent additions was by Todd Boss, who read his short story about a twin who was put up for adoption.

NOR publishes two issues per school year and if you want to read it a subscription will set you back $16. 

The Sun

The Sun is a monthly, ad-free magazine based out of Chapel Hill, N.C. that is particularly focused on stories related to social justice. It was founded by an idealistic ex-newspaper reporter in 1974. As far as submissions, The Sun accepts fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and photography — all on a rolling deadline. In terms of nonfiction, The Sun is not looking for journalistic features, but rather personal essays. It does not cost anything to make a submission, but if it is accepted, The Sun pays between $300 and $2,000 for essays and interviews; $300 to $1,500 for fiction; and $100 to 500 for poetry. Published authors also receive a complimentary one-year subscription to The Sun. Current nonfiction on The Sun's website includes a story about a friendship between a 92-year-old woman and her much younger former neighbor, an essay about taking in feral cats and people, and an essay about preparing for a hurricane in a trailer park. With interviews, The Sun asks that you either send an already conducted interview or else include a query telling about the interview and what you plan to cover. On its website, The Sun notes that it is "particularly interested in interviews with women and people of color." Interviews can run between 5,000 words and 15,000 words, and also include a 1,000 word introduction. The Sun also has a section called Readers Write, which allows readers to write about a topic each month. This month, for instance, the topic was Whispering. All submissions should be typed, double-spaced, and include a self-addressed envelope. It typically takes The Sun three to six months to respond to submissions. The Sun has a circulation of over 70,000 subscribers, and, interestingly, is willing to give partial rate subscriptions to people who cannot afford to pay the full price. An annual subscription costs $39. Writing from The Sun recently won the Pushcart Prize.

TriQuarterly

The TriQuarterly literary magazine is made at Northwestern University by the creative writing program. It is edited by graduate students and is available all over the world.

TriQuarterly has audio, video, and uploaded contents.

TriQuarterly got its name because when it was made in 1958, Northwestern published each issue in the three academic quarters.

They welcome fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short drama, and hybrid work. They suggest poets only submit six poems per cycle and prose authors to limit their piece to 3,500 words. They are interested in work that embraces the world and continues the ongoing global conversation about culture and society.  ( This is how TriQuarterly started as in 1964).

They only accept pieces submitted online. They do not publish creative work by current northwestern students or anyone that has graduated from the program in the last five years.

They accept submission from October 1 to July 15.

TriQuarterly is published twice a year and the blog reviews are weekly.

I watched the video essay called Grandpa by Steven Chen. It was very good and showed videos of him and his grandpas while he was talking about them in the background.

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM is an electronic journal of text and art.

As our name indicates, we're interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labeling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories; in stories that disguise themselves as indices or obituaries.

Submission guidelines are always asinine when they suggest the sort of aesthetic that the editors want. The best way to learn about any magazine is to read it. And conveniently we are (nearly) all online, alone, and free tonight. 

 SUBMIT interesting text, images, and new media.

WE VALUE the insides of things, vivisection, urgency, risk, elegance, flamboyance, work that moves us, language that does something new, or does something old--well. We like iteration and reiteration. Ruins and ghosts. Mechanical, moving parts, balloons, and frenzy. Buzz us.

WE WANT art and writing that demonstrates / interaction; the processes / of things, both inner and outer; how certain functions are accomplished; how things become. How they expire. How they move or churn, or stand.

We sponsor (along with New Michigan Press) a yearly chapbook competition.  All unpublished chapbook submissions are considered for DIAGRAM.

Brief statistic about the magazine: we get over a million hits monthly worldwide. Some countries in which we are evidently popular: the USA, the UK, Australia, and Japan. Rock on, readerships!

We describe ourselves as: odd but good.

Mental Floss

As stated on their "About" page, Mental Floss's mission statement reads:

"For the record: mental_floss magazine is an intelligent read, but not too intelligent. We're the sort of intelligent that you hang out with for a while, enjoy our company, laugh a little, smile a lot and then we part ways. Great times. And you only realize how much you learned from us after a little while. Like a couple days later when you're impressing your friends with all these intriguing facts and things you picked up from us, and they ask you how you know so much, and you think back on that great afternoon you spent with us and you smile.

And then you lie and say you read a lot."

The magazine's friendly, light and conversational attitude makes it a target for writers to submit their works. The magazine requests fresh story ideas constantly, and ask that writers submit their "bestest" pitches to submissions@mentalfloss.com, and ask that the pitch be in the magazine's style, have a clear angle of the story, have length and structure, have sources to contact, and to follow up with information about the writers themselves.

The magazine receives thousands of article ideas and request that any submissions be new and unique. Mental Floss is all about providing new and interesting stories that people have not heard before.

Mental Floss publishes stories about anything and everything, including the "Most Important Questions of 2012", "The Explosive History of Food" and "10 Shocking Secrets of Flight Attendants." Their website features a wide array of quizzes and amazing facts, plus hundreds of interesting reads. In addition, their website features a blog section, where writers post their stories.

Most online stories are written as lists, like "11 Signs, Announcements, and Disclaimers That Are No Longer Necessary" or short, factual pieces about Harp seals, the founder of Mother's Day and computer games.

In "11 Problems Music Can Solve," by Jessica Hullinger, we learn about the "splendid" things that music can do for you. It covers a new documentary, "Alive Inside," which is about how dementia patients react when given mp3 players that is loaded with their favorite old music.
Hullinger also explains that music can promote weight-gain in babies, help plants grow, help heart attack patients and boost sport performance.

Mental Floss Magazine is dedicated to writing about cool facts that no one has heard of. If you would like to write for them, submit a story pitch to submissions@mentalfloss.com.

Cellar Door

Cellar Door, published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is an undergraduate literary magazine. The literary magazine was founded by the students in the mid-70s. The magazine is published bi-annually and allows the undergraduate student body to submit visual art, original poetry, and prose.

Submissions are submitted online and can be e-mailed by entering the “submit” portal on the website, following the rules given on that page. Cellar Door allows a maximum three submissions and may be made at any time.

Submission are, however, only accepted if you are an undergraduate at UNC. 

Published works have the option of being posted on the site and are read by the author through the radio station WXYC Chapel Hill, 89.3 FM. There is a link provided on the home page for people who choose to listen to the work.

There is also a Facebook page that contains site information and allows followers to stay connected with magazine events.