Bennington Review

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Bennington Review is a twice-yearly print journal publishing innovative fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, film writing, translations, and cross-genre work.

Response time info: five to eight months

Read the full guidelines at benningtonreview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Jan 4, 2027

The next reading period is January 4 through March 5, 2027. Send no more than thirty pages; excerpts from longer projects must stand alone. Work must be previously unpublished.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Jan 4, 2027

The next reading period is January 4 through March 5, 2027. Includes creative nonfiction and writing about film; send no more than thirty pages. Excerpts from longer projects must stand alone, and work must be previously unpublished.

otherLiteraryOpens Jan 4, 2027

The next reading period is January 4 through March 5, 2027. The journal accepts translations and cross-genre work; translators must have copyright-holder permission and include the original-language text. Film submissions are no longer a separate category and should be submitted as nonfiction.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jan 4, 2027

The next reading period is January 4 through March 5, 2027. Send no fewer than three and no more than five poems per submission. Work must be previously unpublished.

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