Kitchen Table Quarterly
Literary Magazine
We are a journal preoccupied with history— cultural, political, geographical, personal— and how each interacts with the other to mold our experience. Adolescent blunders, dental records, the archaic origins of long-held or long-lost traditions— we want to know all of it.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1-3 months*/Editor reported data44 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 4.54%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
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, Best of the Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Nonfiction - 3000 words max
Max words: 3000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Photography
Max pieces: 5
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Please include a brief cover letter, as well as a short (75 words or fewer) third-person biography and links to any social media/websites you may have, when sending your submission.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Prose: Please be sure to note the word count in your cover letter and in the title of your submission. double-spaced .doc or .docx attachment in a standard font Poetry: Please be sure to note the number of poems you are submitting in your cover letter and in the title of your submission. single .pdf, .doc or .docx attachment in a standard font
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
We also ask that previous contributors wait a full year from publication before submitting again.
Tracker statistics
80
Total submissions tracked
44 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
28 days
Fastest response time
390 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 501 days
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Submission calls
General
Deadline: Aug 1, 2024
General
General
About
History is the lives of our parents and our grandparents. It is the strengths and frailties of our traditions or the traumas and joys of our people. History holds the victories of our countries and the ruins of our cities. It is as messy as war and as simple as a morning coffee order. Kitchen Tabl...
Read moreFounded
2021
Country
US
Masthead
Hannah Matzecki
Editor-in-Chief
Brent Stewart
Art Editor
Kasey Butcher Santana
Nonfiction Editor
Quinn Broussard
Associate Nonfiction Editor
Helen Grant
Associate Poetry Editor
Ilika Tripathi
Associate Poetry Editor