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"The Lascaux Review seeks accessible fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction of literary quality, as well as essays on the craft and business of writing."

"The Lascaux Review seeks accessible fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction of literary quality, as well as essays on the craft and business of writing."

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Response Time

under one month / 24 days

Acceptance Rate

0.96%

  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    Yes: $2

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    Yes

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction

may be any length, but efficient writing is favored.

Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction may include memoirs, chronicles, personal essays, humorous perspectives, literary journalism—anything the author has wit...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

may be any length, but efficient writing is favored.

Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction may include memoirs, chronicles, personal essays, humorous perspectives, literary journalism—anything the author has wit...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Statistics

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Track submission

131

Total submissions tracked

24 days

Average response time

0.96%

Average acceptance rate

12 days

Fastest response time

49 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 156 days, 299 days, 383 days, 3027 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Poetry should be formatted conventionally, without “sculptural” elements that can’t be detected by an audience during a public reading.

Rights for published work

Authors retain all rights to their work at all times.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2012 | United States

The Lascaux Review seeks accessible fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction of literary quality, as well as essays on the craft and business of writing. Lascaux has published work by Philip Appleman, Hélène Cardona, Brendan Constantine, Joseph Fasano, Kathy Fish, Tony Hoagland, Lee Martin, Maggie Smith, and many other poets and writers. See the Submissions page for guidance. Annual contests are conducted in poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and short fiction. See the Contests page for more information. General inquiries may be made to lascauxreview at gmail dot com.

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 :)

Stephen Parrish

Editor-in-Chief

Wendy Russ

Managing Editor

Shannon Morley

Senior Editor