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"An annual literary magazine produced at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the university’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, whose students serve as the magazine’s editors."
"An annual literary magazine produced at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the university’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, whose students serve as the magazine’s editors."
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: yes, 2 copies
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
4 genres
Fiction
Max words: 6500
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
Max words: 6500
Art
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 6500
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
Max words: 6500
Art
No specific limitations
Statistics
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32
Total submissions tracked
814 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
113 days
Fastest response time
2729 days
Slowest response time
How to submit
Process
Send your work via Submittable. Do not submit in any genre if you’ve been published in our pages within the past three years. Once three years have passed, we hope you’ll try us again. (Note: If your work has appeared on the website only, you may feel free to submit your work for consideration in our print publication.)
Cover letters
Not specified.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Not specified.
Rights for published work
After we publish poetry or prose in Meridian, all rights revert to our authors. If you wish to reprint, repost, or redistribute work in any form, it is your responsibility to contact the writer and secure permission. You do not need Meridian‘s permission to reprint, though we always appreciate an acknowledgment of first publication, when feasible.
Additional info
Meridian poetry and prose has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, the Pushcart Prize anthology, and New Stories from the South. Our stories have also been short-listed for the O. Henry Prize. Copies. The authors we publish receive two complimentary copies of the issue in which their work appears and can purchase more at a reduced rate.
About the Magazine
Founded in 1998 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Kaitlyn Airy
Editor-in-Chief
Sébastian Butler
Poetry Editor
Tafara Gava
Fiction Editor
Coby-Dillon English
Nonfiction Editor
Examples
1 pieces from Chill Subs people