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Deadline

Dec 1, 2023

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"Founded in 1967, the Roanoke Review publishes fiction, poetry & more. We're free and open to the world."

"Founded in 1967, the Roanoke Review publishes fiction, poetry & more. We're free and open to the world."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

747 days

Acceptance Rate

18.75%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

7 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Fiction submissions up to 5,000 words and flash fiction up to 1000 words.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Poetry

No specific limitations

Comics

No specific limitations

Art

No specific limitations

Photography

No specific limitations

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Fiction submissions up to 5,000 words and flash fiction up to 1000 words.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Poetry

No specific limitations

Comics

No specific limitations

Art

No specific limitations

Photography

No specific limitations

Statistics

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

26

Total submissions tracked

747 days

Average response time

18.75%

Average acceptance rate

165 days

Fastest response time

2395 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

If we reach our submission limit, submissions will reopen on the first day of the next month. If you’re interested in getting a better sense of what we’re looking for, feel free to browse both our current issue and our archives. Please do not submit more than once in the same category in a single year. We frequently nominate work for national awards.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1967 | United States

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 :)

Keith Kayati

Editor-in-Chief

Grace Priddy

CO-MANAGING EDITOR