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The Festival Review

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Review

Interview

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The Festival Review exists to publish and promote the brightest new writers working today. From fiction to non-fiction, poetry or translation, interviews and reviews, we seek authors whose work is smart, clever, and above all a good story.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
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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

  • 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

Sub Genres: All / surprise us

Any style or genre accepted. Book excerpts allowed if story stands alone. No minimum word count. Flash fiction accepted.

Nonfiction

Sub Genres: , ,

Bring us your personal essays, travel stories, pop science, philosophical treatises, book reviews, and interviews. Our litmus test is a good read.

Poetry

No specific limitations

Review

No specific limitations

Interview

No specific limitations

Translation

We seek English translations of works in any original language. We do not require it to be the first rendering, only that it is fresh, faithful, and precise.

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

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

Tracker statistics

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Total submissions tracked

538 days

Average response time

40%

Average acceptance rate

344 days

Fastest response time

890 days

Slowest response time

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    Editor Neal Tucker avatar

    Neal Tucker

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor John Sherer avatar

    John Sherer

    Managing Editor & Poetry Editor