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"Run entirely by MFA students in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, Sonora Review is among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a venue for exciting new and emerging authors, as well as prominent southwestern writers and artists."

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Introduction

Run entirely by MFA students in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, Sonora Review is among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a venue for exciting new and emerging authors, as well as prominent southwestern writers and artists.

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
3-6 months / 94 days
Average acceptance rate
3.33%

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 1980 | 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 :)

Geramee Hensley
Editor-in-Chief
Moisés Delgado
Senior Editor
Dillon Clark
Managing Editor
Ana Knudsen
Fiction Editor
Teddy Carolan
Fiction Editor
Leah Mensch
Nonfiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

35

Average acceptance rate

3.33%

Average response time

94 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/94 days

Fastest response time

55 days

Slowest response time

188 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Nicole R. Zimmerman (she/her) avatarLuke Larkin avatarEric Scot Tryon avatar
3 pieces