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Since 1990, the American Literary Review has been published through the Department of English at the University of North Texas. From the journal’s inception, we have made a point of publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by writers at all stages of their careers.
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Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max pieces: 1
Submit only one story at a time. ALR seeks distinctive, character-driven stories. We have no set maximum for length, but stories under 8,000 words have the best chance of publication. We generally avoid novel excerpts unless they can stand alone as stories. Short fiction submitted for publication in the ALR must: be double-spaced have the author’s name, address, and phone number on the first page
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Submit only one work at a time. We welcome essays in all forms, including flash, and we are interested in both traditional essays and ones that push the boundaries of the genre. We prefer submissions shorter than 4,000 words. Essays submitted for publication in the ALR must: be accompanied with a brief cover letter including the essay’s word count
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Poetry submitted for publication in the American Literary Review must: be accompanied by a cover letter with the author’s name, address, and phone number
Fiction
Max pieces: 1
Submit only one story at a time. ALR seeks distinctive, character-driven stories. We have no set maximum for length, but stories under 8,000 words have the best chance of publication. We generally avoid novel excerpts unless they can stand alone as stories. Short fiction submitted for publication in the ALR must: be double-spaced have the author’s name, address, and phone number on the first page
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Submit only one work at a time. We welcome essays in all forms, including flash, and we are interested in both traditional essays and ones that push the boundaries of the genre. We prefer submissions shorter than 4,000 words. Essays submitted for publication in the ALR must: be accompanied with a brief cover letter including the essay’s word count
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Poetry submitted for publication in the American Literary Review must: be accompanied by a cover letter with the author’s name, address, and phone number
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 1990 | 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 :)
Aza Pace
Editor-in-Chief
Colleen Mayo
Managing Editor
Tiffany Isaacs
Fiction Editor
James Davis
Poetry Editor
Cicily Bennion
Essay Editor
Jonathan Duckworth
Interviews Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
40
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
98 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/98 days
Fastest response time
82 days
Slowest response time
122 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 284 days
