Guernica
Literary Magazine
Guernica is an award-winning 501(c)3 non-profit magazine focused on the intersection of arts and politics.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 3-4 months*/Editor reported data59 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 0%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysYes
Find more details in the Genres section
FeeNo
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
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 2000
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental
Nonfiction
Max words: 2500
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Translation
Review
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
Guernica will hold exclusive print and digital rights to your published piece for 90 days, after which you will retain the rights; your story will remain on our website in perpetuity.
Additional info
Pays! $50 for poetry, $100 for original essays, and $150 for original fiction and for reportage. Have annual print anthologies
Tracker statistics
152
Total submissions tracked
59 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
3 days
Fastest response time
267 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 282 days, -338 days, -338 days, -338 days, -338 days, -338 days
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General
About
A home for incisive ideas and necessary questions, we publish memoir, reporting, interviews, commentary, poetry, fiction, and multimedia journalism exploring identity, conflict, culture, justice, science, and beyond.
Founded
2004
Country
US
Masthead
Jina Moore
Editor-in-Chief
Ngarambe
Editor-in-Chief
Madhuri Sastry
Publisher
Jenny Davis
Managing Editor