Genres & Theme
Literary Mainstream Open to All / Most Genres Open to all / most themes The Bear Deluxe has an open submission policy for fiction, essays, poetry and other forms. The magazine's Creative Review Group considers submissions on an ongoing basis. The magazine is moving away from using the term "environmental writing." Quality writing which furthers the magazine's goal of engaging new and divergent readers will garner the most attention. No detective, children's or horror.	Go To: Website Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover
Lengths
Poetry (50 lines max.) Flash Fiction (750 - 1,000 words) Short Story (1,000 - 4,500 words)
Media
Print Publication
Payscale
Professional Rates for Short Fiction Semi-Pro Rates for Poetry
Other Info
Accepts postal submissions and electronic submissions
No simultaneous submissions allowed
No reprints accepted
No multiple submissions allowed
Published 4 x per year
USA
Response Times
Show Overall Short Fiction Poetry Electronic Subs Postal Subs   Note: These statistics are compiled from response reports sent to us anonymously and through our submissions tracker for registered users. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's staff. Accuracy We have received 6 reports within the past 12 months, not including 5 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 202 days) and not including 1 ignored report (reports are ignored when the submitter has an unrealistic overall acceptance/rejection ratio). The more responses reported, the more accurate the info. Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most markets have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here. Days Reported 27 | 97.5 | 204 (min | avg | max) Responses Insufficient data Acceptances: Insufficient data Rejections: Insufficient data Rewrite Requests: Insufficient data Non-Responses Insufficient data Assumed Rejections: Insufficient data Author Withdrawals: Insufficient data Other Information Most recent response reported was received on: 24 Mar 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 24 Feb 2008 Do not query before 180 days have passed.
Market Added: 02 Aug 2005 Last Updated: 23 Jun 2006 Last Checked: 08 May 2008

Before Submitting
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• Always read the full guidelines provided by the publisher.
• Try to read at least one previous publication to get a better idea of what the editor would like to see.
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• Include a SASE with all mailed submissions, queries, and requests for guidelines.
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