New England Review ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Pushcart Prize, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays.

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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New England Review is a literary journal publishing previously unpublished fiction, poetry, nonfiction, dramatic writing, translations, and craft-focused digital essays.

Response time info: within twelve weeks, though it can take longer

Read the full guidelines at nereview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 1Online submission fee (amount not stated); free with a subscription or renewal, or upon request for financial hardship. Paper submissions are free.Pays: $20 per page, $50 minimum, plus two copies of the issue and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must not have been published previously, in print or on the web; returning NER contributors should wait about a year after their most recent publication.

Short stories, short shorts, novellas, novel excerpts that can stand alone, and translations; up to 20,000 words, though most published work is shorter than 10,000. Fall 2026 fiction closed September 17 at 11:59 p.m. EST; submissions are otherwise open March 1-May 1 and September 1-November 1.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 1Online submission fee (amount not stated); free with a subscription or renewal, or upon request for financial hardship. Paper submissions are free.Pays: $20 per page, $50 minimum, plus two copies of the issue and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must not have been published previously, in print or on the web; returning NER contributors should wait about a year after their most recent publication.

Interpretive and personal essays, critical reassessments, cultural criticism, travel writing, environmental writing, and translations; up to 20,000 words, though most published work is shorter than 10,000. Submissions are open March 1-May 1 and September 1-November 1.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 1Online submission fee (amount not stated); free with a subscription or renewal, or upon request for financial hardship. Paper submissions are free.Pays: $20 per page, $50 minimum, plus two copies of the issue and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must not have been published previously, in print or on the web; returning NER contributors should wait about a year after their most recent publication.

Dramatic writing includes short plays, monologues, and screenplays up to 5,000 words. Submissions are open March 1-May 1 and September 1-November 1.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 1Online submission fee (amount not stated); free with a subscription or renewal, or upon request for financial hardship. Paper submissions are free.Pays: $50 and a one-year subscription to the magazine.

Open to: Work must not have been published previously, in print or on the web; returning NER contributors should wait about a year after their most recent publication.

Staging Style seeks brief essays of 900-2,000 words that challenge conventional craft prescriptions and explore style, time, sound, form, voice, character, image, setting, risk, and genre. Fall 2026 closed September 20 at 11:59 p.m. EST; submissions are otherwise open March 1-May 1 and September 1-November 1.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 1Online submission fee (amount not stated); free with a subscription or renewal, or upon request for financial hardship. Paper submissions are free.Pays: $20 per page, $50 minimum, plus two copies of the issue and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must not have been published previously, in print or on the web; returning NER contributors should wait about a year after their most recent publication.

Long and short poems, including translations; no more than six poems in one file. Fall 2026 poetry closed September 4 at 11:59 p.m. EST; submissions are otherwise open March 1-May 1 and September 1-November 1.

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