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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

several months / 66 days

Acceptance Rate

2% / 0%

  • 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

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

20

Total submissions tracked

66 days

Average response time

2% / 0%

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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