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Dear Navigator

This project is believed to be defunct. (February 2013)

About

Inspired by print and online journals such as Cabinet, Chicago Review, Trickhouse, and Octopus, Dear Navigator desires to create a forum for innovative writing that works as art object, critical opus, interdisciplinary essay, poetic form, and more plaintively, communication to the world. No longer teaching the navigators how to do celestial navigation— From the mind of one to another, we continue to work with these directions: shared through the medium of a quarterly electronic journal, we aim to engage the open space of its electronic form as the maker sees fit, traditionally or less traditionally, as well as publish a handful of established and up-and-coming writers per issue.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Published 4 x per year

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Experimental poetry, Hybrid form, Visual poetry.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dear Navigator Submission Statistics

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This listing is inactive and does not have any submission reports for the past 12 months.

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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.
  • Unless the publisher's guidelines state otherwise, always use industry standard manuscript formatting.
  • Be professional, patient, and persistent.

Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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