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Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857.

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  • Response time:  / 
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  • Acceptance rate:
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Pays$3000

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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

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    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

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

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    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 4000 words max

Max words: 4000

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $ 3000

To submit fiction, send your manuscript to: fiction@theatlantic.com.

Poetry

Payment: $ 3000

To submit poetry, send your manuscript to: poetry@theatlantic.com.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    All manuscripts should be submitted as a Word document or PDF.

  • Author's rights

    This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

  • Additional info

    All manuscripts should be submitted as a Word document or PDF. We will only be in touch should we have interest in discussing your submission further.

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97 days

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Average acceptance rate

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Fastest response time

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When the founders of The Atlantic gathered in Boston in the spring of 1857, they wanted to create a magazine that would be indispensable for the kind of reader who was deeply engaged with the most consequential issues of the day. The men and women who created this magazine had an overarching, prophe...

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