The Missouri Review
Literary Magazine
The Missouri Review, founded in 1978, is one of the most highly regarded literary magazines in the United States. For the past four decades we’ve upheld a reputation for finding and publishing the very best writers first.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 2-4 months*/Editor reported data67 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0.65%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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
From the editors
10
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 4
Payment: $ 25 per page
Nonfiction
Submission fee: $ 4
Payment: $ 25 per page
Poetry
Submission fee: $ 4
Payment: $ 25 per page
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
Online: Please put your cover letter in the “comments” field. Mail: Manuscripts submitted without a stamped, self-addressed envelope will be recycled without response. (Mention in your cover letter if you want your manuscript returned—remember to include sufficient postage on your SASE as well.) Include your e-mail address to receive announcements from the Missouri Review.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Upload your submission as one file in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, or .txt format.
Author's rights
TMR buys first serial rights and limited other rights that are stated in our contract. Please query the editors if you would like to know more. Rights to republish the work in another venue or in book form revert to the author; we ask that you acknowledge TMR as the original publisher on any republication in book form.
Additional info
Active on social media Pays! $25/page Available in print Offer expedited response: $10 - response within 3 weeks Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:) Submission fee
Tracker statistics
276
Total submissions tracked
67 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
8 days
Fastest response time
264 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 527 days, 1114 days, 494 days
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General
About
We are based at the University of Missouri and publish four issues each year. Each issue contains approximately five new stories, three new poetry features, and two essays, all selected from unsolicited submissions sent by writers throughout the world. The Missouri Review maintains an “open submissi...
Read moreFounded
1978
Country
US
Masthead
Speer Morgan
Editor-in-Chief
Marc McKee
Managing Editor