A biannual online literary journal that publishes culturally significant and innovative writing by writers living in Maine, across the country, and around the world.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: ?*/Editor reported data163 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data3.82%*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 Of The Net, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Please address cover letters to the appropriate genre editor. In prose submissions, please include your word count in your cover letter.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Fiction and Nonfiction Formatting: 12-point Times New Roman font Double-spaced 1” margins Pages numbered Please include the word count in your cover letter One piece of 3,000 words or fewer (though we will consider longer works of exceptional merit) or three flash pieces no more than 1,000 words each Poetry Formatting: 12-point Times New Roman font Single-spaced (or as you would like the poem to appear online) Pages numbered Maximum three poems, no more than five pages total
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
We do not publish academic papers or news writing. We encourage submissions from writers of all backgrounds, including but not limited to LGBTQIA++ writers, BIPOC writers, female-identifying writers, unpublished writers, writers with disabilities, and economically marginalized writers. Please send only one submission at a time. We do not accept and cannot refund multiple submissions. We frequently open week-long free submission periods.
Tracker statistics
247
Total submissions tracked
163 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
7 days
Fastest response time
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About
The Maine Review features fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by both established and emerging writers. We look for work that cuts across artificial boundaries, that challenges expectations and demands thoughtful attention. While we are not promoting a single aesthetic, we look for work that asks its re...
Read moreFounded
2014
Country
US
Masthead
Rosanna Gargiulo
Editor-in-Chief
Chelsea Jackson
Managing Editor