Copper Nickel

Fiction, essays, poetry and translation folios

Guidelines summary

Pays: $30 per printed page, prose $50 minimum and $250 maximum; two $500 Editors' Prizes per issue
Length: One prose piece; no limit stated
Wants: Fiction, essays, poetry and translation folios
Simultaneous submissions: Yes
Multiple submissions: Wait six months after a response
Reprints: Not stated
Response time: Tries for twelve weeks
Submissions: Reads August 15 to December 1 and January 15 to March 1, with submission caps
Submission or entry fee: None
Rights: Not stated
Also note: Payments sent overseas have 30% US tax withheld.
Last checked: October 31, 2026

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