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Last checkedNew Letters is a literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, nonfiction, chapbooks, novellas, and book reviews through Submittable.
Response time info: within six months
Read the full guidelines at newletters.org↗Submission calls
The Robert Day Award for Fiction is an annual contest with a $2,000 prize and a May 17, 2027 deadline.
The Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction is an annual contest with a $2,000 prize and a May 17, 2027 deadline.
The Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry is an annual contest with a $2,000 prize and a May 17, 2027 deadline.
General submissions are read all year long through Submittable; submit one short story or one novella at a time. Short stories are generally no more than 5,000 words, and novellas no more than 30,000 words or roughly 60 pages.
General submissions are read all year long through Submittable; submit one piece of nonfiction at a time. The page does not state a nonfiction word limit.
General submissions are read all year long through Submittable; submit one chapbook at a time, with chapbooks no longer than 30 pages. The page also accepts graphic short stories in comic spreads, but this writer-focused extraction does not list visual-art or comics categories separately.
General submissions are read all year long through Submittable; send no more than six poems per submission. The magazine buys first North-American serial rights and pays contributors, though the page does not state a poetry-specific amount.
Book reviews are usually 500 to 900 words; New Letters pays typically $25, though payment is not guaranteed and is made as resources allow. The page does not specify a submission window.
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