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Deadline

Oct 1, 2023

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"Gordon Square Review is published online biannually to showcase emerging writers nationwide and internationally, award editing mentorships, and provide a venue to spotlight Northeast Ohio writers."

"Gordon Square Review is published online biannually to showcase emerging writers nationwide and internationally, award editing mentorships, and provide a venue to spotlight Northeast Ohio writers."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

3 months / 60 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    Yes: $10

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 1

Fiction

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 1

Statistics

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Track submission

54

Total submissions tracked

60 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

1 days

Fastest response time

181 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 332 days, 417 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

We request that no cover letter or author bio be included in your submission.

Eligibility

LGBTQ+ creatorsWomen and other marginalized gendersAll marginalized creatorsCreators w/ disabilities

Formatting

Gordon Square Review is unable to accept print or email submissions. Please contact us, however, if this presents accessibility issues.

Rights for published work

Gordon Square Review requires non-exclusive world English rights and all rights revert to the author on publication. ​

Additional info

Pays! $10/poem $25/prose They offer editorial mentorship each issue. So if they see promise in your work but it’s not ‘quite there’ they’ll offer to work with you to get it published. Encourages submissions from women, writers of color, writers with disability, LGBTQ writers, and previously unpublished writers. Expedited response. For $10, a Gordon Square Review editor will read, consider, and respond to your submission within seven days.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2017 | United States

Gordon Square Review is published by Literary Cleveland, a nonprofit organization working to nurture a vibrant literary arts community in Northeast Ohio. Literary Cleveland was founded in the Gordon Square Arts District, which serves as the cultural heart of Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. Gordon Square Review embraces its namesake’s ideals surrounding creativity, artistic exploration, and the value of supporting and celebrating emerging talent.

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 :)

JASON HARRIS

Editor-in-Chief

MATT MITCHELL

Poetry Editor

NARDINE TALEB

Prose Editor