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Literary Magazine

The Massachusetts Review

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In these uncertain times, the Massachusetts Review promotes social justice and equality, along with great art.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
  • Response time:
    180 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    79 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    4.34%*
    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

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

  • Runs themed calls

How to submit

  • Processs

    Other

  • Cover letter

    All submissions should include name and contact information on every page of the manuscript. A suggestion is to include this information in the header or footer.

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    All prose manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced. We strongly encourage Fiction and Non-fiction to include page numbers. All poems, a maximum of six per submission, should start on a new page and be included in one document.

  • Author's rights

    In most cases, copyright reverts to the author upon publication with Massachusetts Review.

  • Additional info

    N.B. Submissions from authors who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color will be accepted year-round; however, outside our regular reading period, when the online submission manager is shut down, all submissions from BIPOC writers should be sent by regular mail or emailed to massrev@external.umass.edu. Payment/copies. At the time of publication, we pay a $100 honorarium for work published in a single issue. Authors also receive two complimentary contributor's copies.

Tracker statistics

90

Total submissions tracked

79 days

Average response time

4.34%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

3.84%

12-month average acceptance rate

73 days

12-month average response time

About

Committed to aesthetic excellence as well as public engagement, MR publishes literature and art to provoke debate, inspire action, and expand our understanding of the world around us. Founded in 1959 by a group of professors from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst College, Mount Holyo...

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    Jules Chametzky

    Editor-in-Chief