Brevity
Literary Magazine
Has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief essay form, along with craft essays.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: Eight weeks */Editor reported data50 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 2% */Editor reported data2.52%*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
Pushcart Prize, 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
Nonfiction
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 45
Nonfiction - 750 words max
Max words: 1
Max words: 750
Submission fee: $
Payment: $
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
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.
Author's rights
Rights revert to author after publication
Additional info
Tracker statistics
211
Total submissions tracked
50 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
22 days
Fastest response time
99 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 141 days, 289 days, 314 days, 451 days, 544 days, 679 days
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Submission calls
General
Deadline: Apr 30, 2024
About
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 fortuna...
Read moreFounded
1997
Country
US
Masthead
Dinty W. Moore
Editor-in-Chief
Zoë Bossiere
Managing Editor
Taylor Grothe
Assistant Managing Editor