Guidelines for Submission

We do not consider unsolicited manuscripts between May 15 and August 15. Submissions received during that period will be returned unread.

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What are we looking for?

Nonfiction: We are seeking creative personal essays and informed, thesis-oriented essays that view their subjects against a broad perspective--provocative work that can engage both the intelligent general reader and the specialist. For the most part we are not interested in scholarly articles.

Poetry & Fiction: We seek the very best work whether by Nobel laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners or by little-known (or even previously unpublished) writers. All manuscripts receive serious, careful attention; we try to respond within three to five months, but sometimes the ebb and flow of manuscripts causes delays. Ordinarily we do not publish novel excerpts or works translated into English, and we strongly discourage authors from submitting these. In recent years we have been able to accept less than one-half of one percent of the poetry and fiction manuscripts received.

Book Reviews: In most cases, selection of titles to be reviewed and assignments to specific reviewers are made by the editors, so unsolicited reviews should not be submitted without a prior query. However, we are willing to entertain proposals from reviewers concerning assignments. (Separate, more detailed guidelines for book reviewing are available here.)

Art: We publish reproductions (color or black and white) of a wide range of art: paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, and more. Usually we feature one image on the cover plus an interior "portfolio" of 8 additional works, and our editorial preference is for groupings that display an engaging variety within some overall thematic unity. Submissions should include approximately twenty high-quality, original slides; transparencies; sharp, glossy, 5" x 7" photographs; or JPEGs of 300 dpi, 5" x 7".

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS:

1. Every query or submission to The Georgia Review must be accompanied by a postage-paid and self-addressed return envelope. Work previously published in any form or submitted simultaneously to other journals will not be considered. Submissions should be limited (except under unusual circumstances) to one story or one essay or three to five poems. If a submission is known to be included in a book already accepted by a publisher, please notify us of this fact (and of the anticipated date of book publication) in a cover letter. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be considered from 15 May through 15 August; all such submissions will be returned unread. (Our offices are open year round, but our staff is small and needs the summer months to complete evaluations of the manuscripts already received.) Scholarly documentation, if appropriate, should adhere to the format outlined in the MLA Stylesheet (2nd edition). The Georgia Review does not consider book manuscripts.
2. We will not consider submissions sent via e-mail or fax.

   
   
   OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

The Georgia Review pays all contributors; the current standard rates are $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry. We purchase only the first serial rights; the author controls all other rights.

All submissions should be sent to:

The Georgia Review
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-9009