The Southern Review
Literary Magazine
The Southern Review strives to discover and promote a diverse array of engaging, relevant, and challenging literature—including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation from literary luminaries as well as the best established and emerging writers.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 6 months*/Editor reported data229 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0.58%*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
From the editors
yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $50-200
Nonfiction
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $50-200
Poetry
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $50-200
Translation
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $50-200
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
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Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
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Author's rights
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Additional info
Pays! $50 for the first printed page and $25 for each subsequent printed page with a maximum payment of $200, plus two copies of the issue in which the work appears, and a one-year subscription to The Southern Review. Available in print Submission fee
Tracker statistics
107
Total submissions tracked
229 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
29 days
Fastest response time
1125 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2045 days
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Submission calls
General
Deadline: Jan 1, 2025
About
The Southern Review is one of the nation’s premier literary journals. Hailed by Time as "superior to any other journal in the English language," we have made literary history since our founding in 1935. The Southern Review strives to discover and promote a diverse array of engaging, relevant, and ch...
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1935
Country
US
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Editor-in-Chief
Jessica Faust
Co-Editor and Poetry Editor
Sacha Idell
Co-Editor and Prose Editor