Award-winning literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, essays, art, & reviews. Published quarterly in Athens, GA, since 1947.

The Georgia Review is the literary-cultural journal published out of the University of Georgia since 1947. 

While it began with a regional commitment, its scope has grown to include readers and writers throughout the U.S. and the world, who are brought together through the print journal as well as live programming. 

Convinced that communities thrive when built on dialogue that honors the difference between any two interlocutors, we publish imaginative work that challenges us to reconsider any line, distinction, or thought in danger of becoming too rigid or neat, so that our readers can continue the conversations in their own lives.

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Georgia Review

An entry should include either one short story or one essay. Please clearly indicate the genre of your entry in your cover letter. Only one entry per writer. Submissions cost $25. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; however, writers must notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. All entries will be considered for publication.

2026 Prose Prize - Fiction

2026 Prose Prize - Nonfiction

Only one entry per submitter. An entry may include one, two, or three poems, but no more than a total of ten standard pages in 12-point or larger type. 

Loraine Williams Poetry Prize

Please distinguish your entry's genre as "Fiction" or "Essay" in the form's Title section. 

 
The Georgia Review publishes essays that are capable of creating conversations across a broad range of readers. Please submit only one essay. Manuscripts must be double-spaced. Although we are willing to read work of any length, we rarely publish prose works 9000 words or longer. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
 
 The Georgia Review publishes literary fiction. Please submit only one story. Manuscripts must be double-spaced. Although we are willing to read work of any length, we rarely publish prose works 9000 words or longer. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
Pay rates are currently $50 per printed page of prose, up to $800. In addition, contributors receive two copies of the issue their work appears in and a 50% discount on additional copies of that issue.

Prose Submissions - Nonfiction

Prose Submissions - Fiction

The Georgia Review typically publishes multiple pages of poetry by each poet we feature. For consideration, submit 6–10 pages of poetry or one long poem. Please format and submit as a single document. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.

The Georgia Review''s current standard pay rate is $4 per line for poetry, up to $800. In addition, all contributors receive two copies of the issue their work appears in and a 50% discount on additional copies of that issue. 

Poetry Submissions

We welcome unsolicited submissions for reviews of books, visual media, and artistic events or exhibits. We publish both standard reviews, focused on illuminating a single piece’s craft, and essay reviews, which engage one or more pieces through a developed thesis to contextualize and comment on their literary, artistic, or cultural stakes. We do not currently accept micro reviews. 

Pay rates are currently $50 per printed page of prose, up to $800. In addition, contributors receive two copies of the issue their work appears in and a 50% discount on additional copies of that issue.

Book reviewers should cite the title, author, place of publication and publisher, year, number of pages, and price of the book or books in the review. For example: Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography. By Stanley Plumly. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2008. 370 pp. $27.95. Those reviewing visual media or artistic events should cite in accordance with Chicago style guidelines.

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