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Guidelines

"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

within 6 months / 814 days

Acceptance Rate

6% / 0%

  • 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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Track submission

32

Total submissions tracked

814 days

Average response time

6% / 0%

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