The Threepenny Review
Literary Magazine
A well-regarded journal of the arts and society which has been published since 1980. Every issue contains excellent essays, stories, poems, and memoirs, plus beautiful black-and-white photographs.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 2 days-2 months*/Editor reported data2 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
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 - 4000 words max
Max words: 4000
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Poetry
Max lines: 100
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 1
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
All online submissions must consist of a single document in Word format (.doc or .docx). If you are submitting prose, the document should consist of a single article or a single story. If you are submitting poetry, please group your poems into one document containing no more than five poems, because the online system will not accept more than a single document from each person. Please include your name and address somewhere on the document as well as in our submission form. Critical articles may require specific citations (see website for more info).
Author's rights
First serial rights in our print and digital editions, and the copyright then reverts to the author immediately upon publication.
Additional info
Pays! $400 per story or article, $200 per poem or Table Talk piece Available in print No simultaneous submissions
Tracker statistics
76
Total submissions tracked
2 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
198 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 839 days
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