Southern Humanities Review
Literary Magazine
Southern Humanities Review is the literary quarterly housed in the Department of English at Auburn University. Founded in 1967, SHR publishes fiction, poetry, and essays.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: / 110 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 3% */Editor reported data1.67%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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Fee$3
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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
Fiction - 8000 words max
Max words: 8000
Sub Genres: Literary, Speculative
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 50 per piece
Nonfiction - 12000 words max
Max words: 12000
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 50 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $ 25 per piece
Translation
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $25-50
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
Copyright reverts to the author upon publication.
Additional info
Payment for print journal: $50 for prose; $25 per poem; plus 2 contributor copies. While we are located in the American South, we are interested in work from all human communities and variety of perspectives, geographic and otherwise. We are also interested in writers in various stages of their careers, and especially in work from historically underrepresented voices.
Tracker statistics
94
Total submissions tracked
110 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
217 days
Slowest response time
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About
Southern Humanities Review is the literary quarterly housed in the Department of English at Auburn University. Founded in 1967, SHR publishes fiction, poetry, and essays. Work published in SHR is considered for Best American Essays, Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Awards, and the Pushcart Pri...
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1967
Country
US
Masthead
Anton Disclafani
Editor-in-Chief
Rose McLarney
Editor-in-Chief
Maria Kuznetsova
Editor
Justin Gardiner
Editor
Emma Brousseau
Managing Editor