AGNI

About

AGNI is a literary magazine housed at Boston University and known “among readers around the world,” as the writers group PEN put it, “for publishing important new writers early in their careers, many of them translated into English for the first time.”
The print magazine appears twice yearly, in late April and late October. A very small portion of each is reprinted on this site, but you’ll also find a trove of writing published exclusively online, including categories like reviews and interviews that we tend not to feature in “the print.”
Most of the writing we publish comes to us unsolicited. Our authors and translators include Sharon Olds, Patricia Smith, Stephen Dixon, Donald Quist, Joan Wickersham, Michael Mejia, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Rita Dove, Victoria Lancelotta, Jo Ann Beard, Peter Balakian, Noah Warren, Jenny Xie, Kaveh Akbar, Magdalena Tulli, Marilyn Hacker, Dorthe Nors, Bruce Smith, Cyrus Cassells, Melanie Rae Thon, Susan Bernofsky, Jill McDonough, Robert Long Foreman, Paisley Rekdal, Patrick Modiano, Lia Purpura, Anna Journey, and Maggie Smith.
Cherishing our differences as much as the verities we share, we are drawn to writers of every creed, race, orientation, gender, ethnicity, culture, national origin, age, and experience. We’re especially proud when we can lay claim to being the first to publish a new writer or translator.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for some submissions. They charge fees for electronic submissions.
The fee is USD $3 (average for magazines that charge).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 1972

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 26 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication: Published 2 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

4,449 members set this magazine as a Favorite.

Statistics Synopsis

Slower: AGNI's overall average response time is slower than most magazines.
More Challenging: AGNI's overall acceptance rate is lower than most magazines.
More Responsive: AGNI's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Collapse section Fiction Open

Dates:

Open to fiction submissions through 15 December 2026 11:59 PM EST (in 85 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Provides free copy/copies Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $30 per printed page, up to a maximum of $300.

Submissions:

Methods: Submission manager. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Dates:

Open to nonfiction submissions through 15 December 2026 11:59 PM EST (in 85 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Interview: No specific word count limits known.
Review: No specific word count limits known.
Essay: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Submissions:

Methods: Submission manager. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open

Dates:

Open to poetry submissions through 15 December 2026 11:59 PM EST (in 85 days).

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Semi-pro payment (US$5-49 per poem) to Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Provides free copy/copies Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $50 per printed page, up to a maximum of $300.

Submissions:

Methods: Submission manager. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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AGNI Submission Statistics

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.

This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Fiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the Extremely Challenging Nonfiction Publishers in our database.

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Accuracy

We have received 709 reports from 636 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

1 min | 108.3 mean avg | 107.5 median | 466 max days (182.2 std dev)

Responses

93.23 %

Acceptances:

0.71 % of submissions accepted (95.4 avg. days per acceptance) | 0.79 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

92.52 % (110.8 avg. days per rejection) | 10.8 % personal, 71.0 % form, 18.1 % unspecified | 0.3 % shortlisted

Non-Responses

0.42 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

0.42 % (357.5 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

6.35 % (56.3 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

215 responses are pending (0 min | 46.5 mean avg | 19.0 median | 334 max days waiting | 984.9 std dev) from 209 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 120 days. (38.4 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 120 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 120 days have passed.
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00. (58.4 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 97.7 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged within one day.
Most recent response reported was received on 16 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 31 May 2026.
Date compiled: 21 Sep 2026 15:19 UTC (5 hours, 36 minutes ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 09 Sep 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.