Michigan Quarterly Review
Literary Magazine
Founded in 1962, MQR has been publishing urgent and powerful literary voices for over sixty years as the flagship journal of the University of Michigan.
This listing is scheduled for audit
Please double check information on the magazine’s website
if you are an editor for this magazine, you can claim the listing here
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 6 months*/Editor reported data260 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0.75%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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
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
Fiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 1500
Max words: 7000
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $
Nonfiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 1500
Max words: 7000
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $
Review
Max words: 3000
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $
Interview
Max words: 3000
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $
Translation
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $
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
Manuscripts should be double-spaced, right margins not justified
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
268
Total submissions tracked
260 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
17 days
Fastest response time
579 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 831 days, 956 days
Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!
Submission calls
General
All genres
About
ichigan Quarterly Review, founded in 1962, is an interdisciplinary and international literary journal, combining distinctive voices in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as works in translation. The flagship literary journal of the University of Michigan, our magazine embraces creative urgenc...
Read moreFounded
1962
Country
US
Masthead
Khaled Mattawa
Editor-in-Chief
Carlina Duan
Poetry Editor
Polly Rosenwaike
Fiction Editor
Laurel Billings
Nonfiction Editor
Tyler Dunston
Online Editor
Aaron J. Stone
Managing Editor
Dana Moss
Assistant Managing Editor