At Length ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Poetry, Best Music Writing, Best of the Net.

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At Length is a long-form literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, essays, and translations.

Response time info: within six months, though responses have been slower lately

Read the full guidelines at atlengthmag.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

Accepts long short stories, novellas, and self-contained excerpts from novels-in-progress, generally 7,500–20,000 words; it does not consider genre fiction or young adult fiction. The magazine is currently closed for submissions.

nonfictionLiterary

Accepts long essays or self-contained excerpts from books-in-progress, with 7,500–20,000 words as a benchmark; interested in narrative nonfiction, personal essays, and belletristic literary criticism, but not scholarship. The magazine is currently closed for submissions.

otherLiterary

Accepts long translated works or stand-alone excerpts from translated books-in-progress; include the source text and address translation rights in the cover letter. The magazine is currently closed for submissions.

poetryLiterary

Accepts a single long poem, poetic sequence, or excerpt from a book-length poem; submissions are imagined at 5–15 pages, with no specific length requirement. The magazine is currently closed for submissions.

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