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Hedge Apple The literary magazine of Hagerstown Community College

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About

Hedge Apple is a literary magazine published more or less once a year by the students and faculty of Hagerstown Community College in Maryland.

How the heck did you come up with the name Hedge Apple?

Well, I’ll tell you…

On a grassy hillock between the classroom building and the library, stretches a stately row of Osage orange trees (Maclura pomifera), also known as bowwood, yellowwood, bois d’arc, and locally, hedge apples. The trees have thorny branches and dark-yellow tinged bark. But their most unusual characteristic is the fruit, a yellowish-green sphere with a wrinkled texture similar to a cortex. The fruit ripens in autumn and falls into the grass where it lies, bulbous and brainy, well into spring. The thick-boled, rough-barked trees, lined like the arcaded columns of a Romanesque terrace, and the distinctive fruit form one of the picturesque landmarks of the HCC campus.

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Country of Publication

United States

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Published 1 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication
Published 1 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed
55 members set this magazine as a Favorite.

Statistics Synopsis

Slower
Hedge Apple's overall average response time is slower than most magazines.
More Approachable
Hedge Apple's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
More Responsive
Hedge Apple's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.
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Collapse section Fiction Open

Dates:

Open to fiction submissions through 15 February 2027 11:59 PM EST (in 156 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
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: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: Print copies are only available to contributors in the US.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Dates:

Open to nonfiction submissions through 15 February 2027 11:59 PM EST (in 156 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: Print copies are only available to contributors in the US.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Dates:

Open to poetry submissions through 15 February 2027 11:59 PM EST (in 156 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: Print copies are only available to contributors in the US.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Open

Dates:

Open to visual art submissions through 15 February 2027 11:59 PM EST (in 156 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork:

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: Print copies are only available to contributors in the US.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Hedge Apple Submission Statistics

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.

This project ranks among the 25 Most Approachable Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Approachable Poetry Publishers in our database.
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Accuracy
We have received 67 reports from 60 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported
1 min | 105.2 mean avg | 80.0 median | 359 max days (107.7 std dev)
Responses
85.07 %
Acceptances:
37.31 % of submissions accepted (95.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 41.67 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections:
47.76 % (130.3 avg. days per rejection) | 0.0 % personal, 100.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified
Non-Responses
0.00 %
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawals
14.93 % (21.4 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending
37 responses are pending (1 min | 57.6 mean avg | 56.0 median | 146 max days waiting | 45.7 std dev) from 34 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 23 Mar 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 01 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 12 Sep 2026 07:31 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 28 Jul 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.

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