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"Has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief essay form, along with craft essays. "
"Has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief essay form, along with craft essays. "
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: $45
Fee
Yes: $3
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
2 genres
Nonfiction
For Craft Essays, contact our Craft Editor Julie Riddle at brevitymag+craft (insert @ symbol) gmail.com with either a brief description of y...
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 750
Nonfiction
For Craft Essays, contact our Craft Editor Julie Riddle at brevitymag+craft (insert @ symbol) gmail.com with either a brief description of y...
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 750
Statistics
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108
Total submissions tracked
45 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
12 days
Fastest response time
141 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 289 days, 544 days, 679 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
Cover letter optional. Will request bio upon acceptance.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Submissions should be formatted single space, no indentation, one extra space between paragraphs (see our magazine for examples) unless alternate formatting is a specific design element of the essay.
Rights for published work
Rights revert to author after publication
Additional info
About the Magazine
Founded in 1997 | United States
For more than two decades, Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction has published well-known and emerging writers working in the brief essay form, along with craft essays and book reviews. Though still committed to the mission of publishing new and emerging writers, Brevity has been fortunate over the years to include the work of Pulitzer prize winners, NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Egypt, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, The Netherlands, and Japan. Authors published in Brevity include Diane Seuss, Roxane Gay, Ander Monson, Caitlin Horrocks, Daisy Hernandez, Jennifer Percy, Brenda Miller, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Abigail Thomas, Lia Purpura, Heather Sellers, Matthew Gavin Frank, Lee Martin, and Jenny Boully.
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 :)
Dinty W. Moore
Editor-in-Chief
Zoë Bossiere
Managing Editor
Taylor Grothe
Assistant Managing Editor
Examples
2 pieces from Chill Subs people
