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"African American Review is a scholarly aggregation of insightful essays on African American literature, theatre, film, the visual arts, and culture; interviews; poetry; fiction; and book reviews."
Introduction
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Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

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      Simultaneous submissions

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      Previously published

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      Fee

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      Expedited response

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      Available in print

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      Provide contributor copies

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      Examples online

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      Active on social media

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Nonfiction

Max words: 8500

Max pieces: 1

Critical essays: "If yours is an essay whose subject is art or film, we strongly urge that you include images to the extent possible. Images should not exceed seven in number and should be appropriately captioned and credited." Forgotten Manuscripts: "Because so much of African American literary, print, and cultural production remains unknown or ignored, and so much scholarly attention remains devoted to the most canonical texts and topics of the heritage, the journal will publish short occasional essays (1,500-3,500 words) that introduce and contextualize short excerpts (3,000-5,000 words) from manuscripts neglected but noteworthy to African Americanists in diverse academic disciplines as well as to readers generally interested in African Americana. While we do not demand originals, authors must submit, at the very least, facsimiles of the document(s) under discussion."

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Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

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Nonfiction

Max words: 8500

Max pieces: 1

Critical essays: "If yours is an essay whose subject is art or film, we strongly urge that you include images to the extent possible. Images should not exceed seven in number and should be appropriately captioned and credited." Forgotten Manuscripts: "Because so much of African American literary, print, and cultural production remains unknown or ignored, and so much scholarly attention remains devoted to the most canonical texts and topics of the heritage, the journal will publish short occasional essays (1,500-3,500 words) that introduce and contextualize short excerpts (3,000-5,000 words) from manuscripts neglected but noteworthy to African Americanists in diverse academic disciplines as well as to readers generally interested in African Americana. While we do not demand originals, authors must submit, at the very least, facsimiles of the document(s) under discussion."

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Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

Magazine

Founded in ? | 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 :)

Nathan L. Grant
Editor-in-Chief
Aileen M. Keenan
Managing Editor
Paul Devlin
Book Review Editor
Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Associate Editor
Keith Byerman
Associate Editor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Associate Editor
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