The editors believe that reading through the perspective of another person, persona, or character is one of the ways we practice empathy, expand our understanding of the world, and experience new levels of awareness.
Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 180 days after submission*/Editor reported data61 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data1.14%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
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
From the editors
Best American, Best Microfiction, Best New Poets, Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Best Spiritual Literature, O Henry, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
We buy first North American Serial Rights, and rights to the work revert to the author after publication. As a courtesy, we ask writers to note Shenandoah as the first place of publication when the work is anthologized, reprinted, or otherwise made public through another format.
Additional info
We pay our contributors at the rate of $100 per poem, $100 per 1000 words of prose up to $500, and $50 per page of comics up to $500.
Tracker statistics
224
Total submissions tracked
61 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
4 days
Fastest response time
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About
Shenandoah was founded in 1950 by a group of Washington and Lee University faculty members and undergraduates, Tom Wolfe among them. For a brief time it was primarily an undergraduate magazine, but under the leadership of student editor Tom Carter, Shenandoah became a quarterly, publishing a cast of...
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1950
Country
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Masthead
Beth Staples
Editor-in-Chief
Brenna Womer
Nonfiction Editor
DW McKinney
Nonfiction Editor
Lesley Wheeler
Poetry Editor
Chris Gavaler
Comics Editor
Seth Michelson
Translations Editor
Frederica Morgan Davis
Fiction Editor
Clover Archer
Art Editor
Charity Corman
Managing Editor