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"The Southampton Review has been publishing compelling writing and art since 2007."
Introduction

We’re always in search of writing and art that thrills and excites. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, fine art, photography, and graphic stories and essays. We’re looking for the weird and wonderful, the story that gives us pause, something we haven’t read before. We encourage authors to take risks with form and voice.

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
37 days
Average acceptance rate
18% / 0%

Need to know for submitting

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

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $75-300

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      Fee

      $3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    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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Types of Submissions Accepted

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 7500

Novel excerpts welcome.

Flash rules

Flash fiction welcome.

all

literary

experimental

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Nonfiction

Max words: 7500

creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, and traditional essay

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Art

Max pieces: 10

Raster based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay). All files should be in CMYK color mode.

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Photography

Max pieces: 10

Raster based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay). All files should be in CMYK color mode.

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Comics

Max pieces: 10

Raster based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay). All files should be in CMYK color mode.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 7500

Novel excerpts welcome.

Flash rules

Flash fiction welcome.

all

literary

experimental

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Nonfiction

Max words: 7500

creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, and traditional essay

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 10

Raster based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay). All files should be in CMYK color mode.

Magazine

Founded in 2007 | 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 :)

Lou Ann Walker
Executive Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

3

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

37 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/37 days

Fastest response time

37 days

Slowest response time

37 days