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Airplane Reading [1]

Basic Information
State: 
Louisiana
Website: 
https://airplanereading.org [2]
Country: 
United States
Submission Guidelines: 
https://airplanereading.submittable.com/submit [3]
Address: 
c/o Mark Yakich
Address (line 2): 
English Department
City: 
New Orleans
Zip / Postal Code: 
70118
Contact Information
Mark
Yakich
Editor
Contact E-mail: 
yakich@loyno.edu [4]
Details
Formats: 
Online
Payment: 
No payment
Genres Published: 
Creative Nonfiction
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Response Time: 
Less than 3 months

Airplane Reading is a site that features nonfiction writing about air travel. Beyond throwaway entertainment or mere distraction, it sees airplane reading as a kind of storytelling that can animate, reflect on, and rejuvenate the experience of flight. It welcomes nonfiction submissions (up to 1,000 words) that are related to air travel. These might include personal stories, anecdotes, observations, recollections, speculations, insights, etc. 

Representative Authors: 
Roxane Gay, Tony D’Souza, Connie Porter, Hal Sirowitz, Kim Chinquee, Matthew Vollmer, Ian Bogost, Pam Houston, Alina Stefanescu
Year Founded: 
2011
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published: 
Greater than 50
Greater than 10,000
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/airplane_reading

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/airplane_reading [2] https://airplanereading.org [3] https://airplanereading.submittable.com/submit [4] mailto:yakich@loyno.edu [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir