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Deadline

Oct 15, 2023

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"Publishing contemporary poetry and fiction as well as reviews, critical commentary, and interviews of leading intellectual figures, the minnesota review curates smart, accessible collections of progressive new work."

"Publishing contemporary poetry and fiction as well as reviews, critical commentary, and interviews of leading intellectual figures, the minnesota review curates smart, accessible collections of progressive new work."

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Response Time

37 days

Acceptance Rate

5.66%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: Copies. Payment will be in the form of two free copies of the issue in which your work appears, which we will send to you upon publication.

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

we must limit submissions to one short story submission (5,000 words maximum) or four flash fiction pieces (1,000 words maximum each) per re...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 4

Nonfiction

Max words: 10000

we specialize in interviews, articles, and review essays that contextualize, historicize, and assess the intellectual, institutional, and po...

Poetry

Min pieces: 1

Max pieces: 5

Interview

we specialize in interviews, articles, and review essays that contextualize, historicize, and assess the intellectual, institutional, and po...

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

we must limit submissions to one short story submission (5,000 words maximum) or four flash fiction pieces (1,000 words maximum each) per re...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 4

Nonfiction

Max words: 10000

we specialize in interviews, articles, and review essays that contextualize, historicize, and assess the intellectual, institutional, and po...

Poetry

Min pieces: 1

Max pieces: 5

Interview

we specialize in interviews, articles, and review essays that contextualize, historicize, and assess the intellectual, institutional, and po...

Statistics

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Track submission

80

Total submissions tracked

37 days

Average response time

5.66%

Average acceptance rate

10 days

Fastest response time

76 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 308 days, 945 days, 3454 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable. Send critical writing as an e-mail attachment (in Word or PDF) to submissions@theminnesotareview.org.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Word or PDF files

Rights for published work

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Additional info

As a review-style journal of literature and the critical humanities, the minnesota review features critical commentary aimed at scholars of literature and culture, alongside contemporary poetry and short fiction. We must also place a limit on submission of new work until three months after your last submission (regardless of whether we’ve made a decision on your most recently submitted work).

About the Magazine

Founded in 1960 | United States

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 :)

Janell Watson

Editor-in-Chief