Gordon Square Review is published online biannually to showcase emerging writers nationwide and internationally, award editing mentorships, and provide a venue to spotlight Northeast Ohio writers.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 90 days after submission*/Editor reported data53 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data1.08%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
We request that no cover letter or author bio be included in your submission.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Gordon Square Review is unable to accept print or email submissions. Please contact us, however, if this presents accessibility issues.
Author's rights
Gordon Square Review requires non-exclusive world English rights and all rights revert to the author on publication.
Additional info
Pays! $10/poem $25/prose They offer editorial mentorship each issue. So if they see promise in your work but it’s not ‘quite there’ they’ll offer to work with you to get it published. Encourages submissions from women, writers of color, writers with disability, LGBTQ writers, and previously unpublished writers. Expedited response. For $10, a Gordon Square Review editor will read, consider, and respond to your submission within seven days.
Tracker statistics
116
Total submissions tracked
53 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
181 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 332 days, 417 days
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About
Gordon Square Review is published by Literary Cleveland, a nonprofit organization working to nurture a vibrant literary arts community in Northeast Ohio. Literary Cleveland was founded in the Gordon Square Arts District, which serves as the cultural heart of Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood...
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JASON HARRIS
Editor-in-Chief
MATT MITCHELL
Poetry Editor
NARDINE TALEB
Prose Editor