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The Threepenny Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing fiction, memoir, poetry, critical articles, and Table Talk pieces.

Response time info: 2 days to 2 weeks online; up to 2 months by mail

Read the full guidelines at threepennyreview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Stories and memoirs should be 4,000 words or less. Submissions are accepted by mail or online, but not by email; the reading period is January 1 through April 14, and the magazine does not consider submissions from April 15 through December 31.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Critical articles should generally be 1,200 to 2,500 words; Table Talk items should be 1,000 words or less. Memoirs should be 4,000 words or less. Submissions are accepted by mail or online, but not by email; the reading period is January 1 through April 14, and the magazine does not consider submissions from April 15 through December 31.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

Submit no more than 5 poems in one document, with a limit of 100 lines or less. Submissions are accepted by mail or online, but not by email; the reading period is January 1 through April 14, and the magazine does not consider submissions from April 15 through December 31.

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