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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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Introduction

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
1-4 months / 98 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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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

Contributors on Chill Subs

Mugdhaa Ranade avatar
1 pieces