swamp pink

swamp pink (crazyhorse)

#swamppinklit
Fiction, SS, Flash, Non-fiction, Reviews, Interviews, Poetry, Art
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
swamp-pink@cofc.edu
Publishes: 2X per year
Editor: Allison Joseph
Submissions Open: fall and spring

swamp pink, formerly titled Crazyhorse from 1960 to 2022, is a biannual literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, translation and visual art. swamp pink has published literature since 1960, including the work of prominent authors such as John Updike, Raymond Carver, and Jorie Graham.

Poet Thomas McGrath founded Crazyhorse in Los Angeles in 1960 and served as its managing editor in its early years. He named the magazine after the Lakota war leader. Early issues appeared sporadically in the 1960s and early 1970s and had an anti-establishment bent. The journal eventually wound up at the College of Charlston, where it remains today.

Submissions

swamp pink welcomes authors.

swamp pink publishes fiction, poetry, and non-fiction semi-monthly.

“Our aim is to continue publishing exceptional work from writers at all stages of their careers. We are particularly interested in submissions from writers of color and writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities. And yes, we pay our contributors.”

Submissions of fiction can be up to 7,500 words in length. Non-fiction submissions can be up to 5,000 words. For poetry, please submit a set of 3-6 poems. Flash, up to 1,500 words.

Swamp pink accepts general submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from September 1st to December 31st and February 1st to May 31st. During the month of January, they only accept entries for the swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Non-fiction, & Poetry.

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swamp pink pays its authors: poems receive $40 each, $0.05 a word for prose. Maximum payout is $200.

Staff

– Bret Lott – Nonfiction Editor
– Emily Rosko – Poetry Editor
– Anthony Varallo – Fiction Editor
– Jonathan Bohr Heinen – Managing Editor

Authors

– Jorie Graham
– Billy Collins
– Charles Simic
– Charles Wright
– Galway Kinnell

Good luck.

Swamp Pink
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424

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