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General

Deadline: Oct 31, 2023

Poetry

Deadline: Dec 1, 2023

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"An annual print literary/art journal published by the Worcester County Poetry Association (WCPA), a non-profit organization to promote the writing arts."

"An annual print literary/art journal published by the Worcester County Poetry Association (WCPA), a non-profit organization to promote the writing arts."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1-6 months / 37 days

Acceptance Rate

25%

  • Payment

    Yes: $20 per piece

  • 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

    Yes

Accepted genres

2 genres

Fiction

Max words: 3000

One story up to 3000 words or up to three flash pieces, 1200 words total. If submitting flash fiction, please begin each piece on a new page...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3 to 5 poems in one document, 7 pages maximum.

Fiction

Max words: 3000

One story up to 3000 words or up to three flash pieces, 1200 words total. If submitting flash fiction, please begin each piece on a new page...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3 to 5 poems in one document, 7 pages maximum.

Statistics

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Track submission

16

Total submissions tracked

37 days

Average response time

25%

Average acceptance rate

14 days

Fastest response time

93 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Please include a three-sentence, third-person biography with your cover letter.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

https://www.theworcesterreview.org/submit/formatting-guidelines

Rights for published work

The Worcester Review reserves First Publication Rights for all submissions chosen for publication. Accepted work will appear in the print journal and may appear on The Worcester Review’s website and in the online archives. Payment will be two copies upon publication (or a PDF copy, for international contributors) and a small honorarium (via PayPal). In recent years, the honorarium was $20 for each writer.

Additional info

"Past TWR contributors -- please DM us whenever you have good news to share! We want to celebrate you!"

About the Magazine

Founded in 1972 | 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 :)

Carolyn Oliver

Editor-in-Chief

Therese Gleason

Editor

Hope Jordan

Editor

Tianli Kilpatrick

Editor

Joe Aguilar

Editor

Cheryl Collins Isaac

Editor

Examples

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