Meridian
Literary Magazine
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.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: within 6 months*/Editor reported data105 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 6% */Editor reported data0%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
yes, 2 copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 6500 words max
Max words: 6500
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $
Poetry
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $
Nonfiction - 6500 words max
Max words: 6500
Submission fee: $
Art
Submission fee: $
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Not specified.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Not specified.
Author's rights
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.
Tracker statistics
78
Total submissions tracked
105 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
40 days
Fastest response time
200 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2227 days, 2729 days
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Submission calls
All genres
Masthead
Kaitlyn Airy
Editor-in-Chief
Sébastian Butler
Poetry Editor
Tafara Gava
Fiction Editor
Coby-Dillon English
Nonfiction Editor