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"The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. The American Poetry Review has been in continuous publication since 1972 and has presented the work of over 8,000 writers."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
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Response Time
6 months / 366 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      Yes

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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

      No

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      Examples online

      No

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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

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Review

No specific limitations

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Interview

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Review

No specific limitations

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Interview

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 1972 | 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 :)

Elizabeth Scanlon
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

31

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

366 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/366 days

Fastest response time

53 days

Slowest response time

1128 days