Baltimore Review
Literary Magazine
The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 1-4 months*/Editor reported data96 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 1.44%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$50
Find more details in the Genres section
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, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
Copy of annual print compilation. Online quarterly issues.
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ 50
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Payment: $ 50
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 50
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
When you submit your work, please include a brief bio to introduce yourself.
Eligibility
18+
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction works published online are also published in an annual print compilation Accepts both contest and non-contest submissions. No submission fee for non-contest submissions. Currently pays $50 for accepted work. Contest fee is $8 with three $400 prizes. See site for details. Currently pays $50 for accepted work plus copy of annual print compilation. Oh, and if you donate $5 in a regular submission category (but no submission fee is required - seriously!), we'll send you a list of 58 cool writing prompts plus some tips. Promotes writers even after publication - awards, book publications, presentations, etc. - let us know. If your work is accepted for publication, we ask only for the right to publish it for the first time, online and in print. All rights revert to the author after publication by The Baltimore Review. All accepted work will be archived on the website.
Tracker statistics
687
Total submissions tracked
96 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
2 days
Fastest response time
943 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1848 days, 2625 days, 2455 days, 3366 days, 4268 days, 1236 days, 2209 days
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Submission calls
General
Submission periods: Feb. 1 - May 31 and Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
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Barbara Westwood Diehl
Editor-in-Chief
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