Logo of Chicago Quarterly Review literary magazine
"Independent literary journal honored by Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Essays, and the Pushcart Prize."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
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Response Time
6 months / 81 days
Average acceptance rate
1% / 9.09%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      $3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      Two copies

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems.

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Photography

Max pieces: 5

Black and white only.

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Translations

No specific limitations

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Art

Max pieces: 5

Black and white prints of artwork only.

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems.

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Photography

Max pieces: 5

Black and white only.

Magazine

Founded in 1995 | United States

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 :)

S. Afzal Haider
Senior Editor
Elizabeth McKenzie
Senior Editor
Sean Chen-Haider
Managing Editor
Gary Houston
Managing Editor
John Blades
Editor
Jake Young
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

32

Average acceptance rate

9.09%

Average response time

81 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/81 days

Fastest response time

8 days

Slowest response time

154 days