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"The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932."
"The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932."
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
3 genres
Fiction
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Poetry
No specific limitations
Fiction
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Poetry
No specific limitations
Statistics
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20
Total submissions tracked
66 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
43 days
Fastest response time
107 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2173 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
Cover letters should provide contact information and state the genre and title of the submission. Feel free to provide any other information you would like the editors to know about your work.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Rights for published work
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
We pay up to $500 for accepted pieces and up to $250 for pieces taken only for our website
About the Magazine
Founded in 1932 | United States
The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the magazine has won five National Magazine Awards, the industry’s highest honor, and been nominated for awards sixteen times. Many of its essays and articles have been selected for the yearly Best American anthologies.
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 :)
Sudip Bose
Interim Editor
Bruce Falconer
Senior Editor
Stephanie Bastek
Associate Editor
Sandra Costich
Editor-at-Large
Langdon Hammer
Poetry Editor
Steven Anderson
Associate Publisher
Examples
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