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Deadline

Jan 1, 2024

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"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."

"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."

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

6 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes: $50-$200

  • Fee

    Yes: $3

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: yes

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

4 genres

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

We rarely publish work that is longer than 10,000 words, though we will consider it.

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

We rarely publish work that is longer than 10,000 words, though we will consider it.

Poetry

No more than either five poems or fifteen pages.

Translation

No specific limitations

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

We rarely publish work that is longer than 10,000 words, though we will consider it.

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

We rarely publish work that is longer than 10,000 words, though we will consider it.

Poetry

No more than either five poems or fifteen pages.

Translation

No specific limitations

Statistics

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

46

Total submissions tracked

288 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

29 days

Fastest response time

1125 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2045 days

How to submit

Process

We use our own submissions manager, which you can find at https://submissions.thesouthernreview.org/

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

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Rights for published work

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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

About the Magazine

Founded in 1935 | United States

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 challenging literature—including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation from literary luminaries as well as the best established and emerging writers. The journal also features a broad range of visual artists from across the South and around the globe.

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 :)

Jessica Faust

Co-Editor and Poetry Editor

Sacha Idell

Co-Editor and Prose Editor