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Deadline

Apr 30, 2024

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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

Eight weeks / 45 days

Acceptance Rate

2% / 5.33%

  • 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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Track submission

108

Total submissions tracked

45 days

Average response time

2% / 5.33%

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