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The Kenyon Review has been in the heart of literature since 1939 when poet and critic John Crowe Ransom started the journal on the campus of Kenyon College.

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  • Response time:
    6 months*
    Editor reported data
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    133 days*
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  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    2.52%*
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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

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    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

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    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

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

Fiction - 7500 words max

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $

Fiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $

Nonfiction - 7500 words max

Max words: 7500

Max pieces: 1

Payment: $

Nonfiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Payment: $

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

Payment: $

Translation

Payment: $

No specific limitations

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Payment: $

30 pages max

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Tracker statistics

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Total submissions tracked

133 days

Average response time

2.52%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

507 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 579 days, 664 days, 2409 days

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    General

    Sep 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2024

    All genres

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1939

Country

US

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