The Main Street Rag

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The Main Street Rag is a quarterly literary magazine accepting submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, reviews, and art, with varying reading periods by genre and a submission fee for non-subscribers.

Response time info: 3-16 weeks, depending on genre and how busy we are

Read the full guidelines at mainstreetrag.com

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

Year-round reading for the literary magazine, but reading periods for individual genres may vary and will be opened and closed at point of submission as necessary. If a header for a specific genre doesn’t appear in our Submittable page, it means we’re backlogged more than one year in that genre and

nonfictionLiterary

Year-round reading for the literary magazine, but reading periods for individual genres may vary and will be opened and closed at point of submission as necessary. If a header for a specific genre doesn’t appear in our Submittable page, it means we’re backlogged more than one year in that genre and

other

Reviews: Query first. Reviews of books published during the current or previous calendar year only. Poetry chapbooks (≤52 pages): up to 400 words. Full-length poetry or short fiction collections: up to 600 words. Novels, nonfiction: up to 800 words. Reviewer’s name and physical address required.

poetryLiterary

Year-round reading for the literary magazine, but reading periods for individual genres may vary and will be opened and closed at point of submission as necessary. If a header for a specific genre doesn’t appear in our Submittable page, it means we’re backlogged more than one year in that genre and

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