Breakwater Review
Literary Magazine
Breakwater Review was founded in 2009 and is run by students of the University of Massachusetts Boston MFA program. We publish digitally two times a year.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1 month*/Editor reported data446 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 10% */Editor reported data2.94%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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
Best of the Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
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
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $null-1000
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 3
Poetry
Min pieces: 1
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $null-1000
Art
Max pieces: 10
Photography
Max pieces: 10
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Due to our volume of submissions, we are not able to answer inquiries about the status of your work.
Tracker statistics
88
Total submissions tracked
446 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
52 days
Fastest response time
264 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2426 days
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Submission calls
All genres
General
Submissions open year-long
Read moreBreakwater Review Fiction Contest
Deadline: Dec 2, 2023
Annual fiction contest.
Read morePeseroff Poetry Contest
Deadline: May 2, 2024
Annual poetry contest.
Read moreAbout
A breakwater is a barrier of rocks or concrete, built out into a body of water to protect a coast or harbor from extreme weather and hazardous conditions. In a world that oftentimes feels shattered and broken, we seek to publish both established and (more importantly) new voices from diverse backgro...
Read moreFounded
2009
Country
US
Masthead
Katee Fletcher
Editor-in-Chief
Taj Madison
Poetry Editor
Jen Susca
Fiction Editor
Rohan Dias
Fiction Editor