New Letters

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Genres Published:

Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Subgenres:

Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Prose Poetry

Representative Authors:

Mary Gordon, John Barth, Marilyn Hacker, Albert Goldbarth, Scott Donaldson, Mark Jarman, Stuart Dybek, David Clewell, Gary Soto, Simon Perchik

Formats:

Submission Guidelines:

https://newletters.org/general-submissions

Reading Period:

Jan 1 to Dec 31

Response Time:

3 to 6 months

Charges Reading Fee:

Yes

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Payment:

Cash

Issues per Year:

2 double issues

Issue Price:

$18

Subscription Price:

$32 per year

Circulation:

1,000 to 2,500

Editorial Focus

The mission of New Letters magazine is to discover, publish and promote the best and most exciting literary writing, wherever it might be found. It publishes and serves readers and writers worldwide. In recent years, New Letters has won a National Magazine Award, the industry’s highest honor, plus multiple Pushcart Prizes, and is reprinted often in the Best American anthology series.

Tips From the Editor

Send no more than six poems, one piece of nonfiction, or one short story per submission. We do not read e-mail submissions.

Contact Information

Christie Hodgen, Editor

University of Missouri-Kansas City

5101 Rockhill Road

Kansas City

64110

newletters@umkc.edu

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Last updated: Feb 13, 2024