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Launched in 1956 (with the first issue featuring work by Langston Hughes, William Carlos Williams, E. E. Cummings, Henry Miller, Bertolt Brecht, and Mark van Doren), Colorado Review is a national literary journal featuring contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book reviews.
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max pieces: 1
Currently closed. There is no specific word or page count; generally, however, Colorado Review prefers short stories and essays that are somewhere between 15 and 25 manuscript pages. We do not accept flash fiction or nonfiction.
Nonfiction
Max pieces: 1
There is no specific word or page count; generally, however, Colorado Review prefers short stories and essays that are somewhere between 15 and 25 manuscript pages. We do not accept flash fiction.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
any style
Review
Aim for 750 to 1,000 words in your review. While there is certainly a space for negative book reviews, Colorado Review is not that space. This is not to say you should refrain from offering criticism, simply that we wish to recommend the books we choose for review. The review should offer a well-crafted blend of summary and analysis, and avoid scholarly criticism. If you’re unfamiliar with the distinction, please look to such popular publications as Rain Taxi or the review section of the New York Times to get an idea of what we’re looking for. The review should provide a sense of what the book is about and should be accessible to any reader of literature. If your review is rife with academic jargon, it’s probably not what we’re looking for. Please don’t send us a review of your friend’s/colleague’s/professor’s/student’s book. While you may have met the author at a conference or are perhaps even an acquaintance, you should not have a relationship with the author that will compromise your ability to praise and/or criticize the work objectively.
Translations
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Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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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 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 1956 | 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 :)
Stephanie G'Schwind
Editor-in-Chief
C. E. Janecek
Managing Editor
Lauren Furman
Assistant Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
95
Average acceptance rate
2.41%
Average response time
64 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
901/64 days
Fastest response time
23 days
Slowest response time
133 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 901 days, 939 days