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Denver Quarterly

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Review

Translation

Art

Interview

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Experimenting since 1966. Here, there, at the foreground of avant-letters. Cover Art: Stella Nall, DQ 56.1.

Highlights

  • Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
  • Response time:
    Within 3 months.*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    150 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    5% *
    Editor reported data
     / 
    4.961012658227848%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

PaysNo

FeeNo

  • 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

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

    From the editors

    two print copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 4000 words max

Max words: 4000

Sub Genres: Literary, Absurdist, Experimental

Nonfiction - 4000 words max

Max words: 4000

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Review

Max words: 3000

Translation

Up to 5 works or up to 3,000 words, whichever limit comes first.

Art

Max pieces: 5

Interview

Max words: 3000

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    If you are submitting with particular formatting, we recommend saving your file as a PDF.

  • Author's rights

    This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

  • Additional info

    Contributors receive two copies of the issues in which their work appears and a year-long subscription. Once your work has been published with us, wait at least two full calendar years before submitting again to any genre.

Tracker statistics

242

Total submissions tracked

150 days

Average response time

4.961012658227848%

Average acceptance rate

-2 days

Fastest response time

839 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2786 days, 1304 days

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

9.09%

12-month average acceptance rate

142 days

12-month average response time

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About

Denver Quarterly is the literary journal housed in the Department of English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver, currently in its 56th year of consecutive print publication. Founded by novelist John Williams in 1966, the journal has had work honored in the Pushcart Anthology, The PEN/O. Hen...

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Founded

1966

Country

US

liberalarts.du.edu

Masthead

    Editor W. Scott Howard avatar

    W. Scott Howard

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Stella Corso avatar

    Stella Corso

    Associate Editor

    Editor Lucien Darjeun Meadows avatar

    Lucien Darjeun Meadows

    Managing Editor