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Deadline

Feb 15, 2024

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

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

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

Within 3 months. / 58 days

Acceptance Rate

5% / 1.43%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: two print copies

  • Examples online

    No

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

7 genres

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Nonfiction

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

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Nonfiction

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

Statistics

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Track submission

105

Total submissions tracked

58 days

Average response time

5% / 1.43%

Average acceptance rate

14 days

Fastest response time

174 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 839 days, 2786 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

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

Rights for published work

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.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1966 | United States

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. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Essays, The Best American Short Stories, and The Best American Poetry.

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 :)

W. Scott Howard

Editor-in-Chief

Stella Corso

Associate Editor

Lucien Darjeun Meadows

Managing Editor