Denver Quarterly
Literary Magazine
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 data78 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 5% */Editor reported data2.63%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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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
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
191
Total submissions tracked
78 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
-2 days
Fastest response time
256 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 839 days, 2786 days
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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...
Read moreFounded
1966
Country
US
Masthead
W. Scott Howard
Editor-in-Chief
Stella Corso
Associate Editor
Lucien Darjeun Meadows
Managing Editor