Meat for Tea The Valley Review

About

Meat for Tea: The Valley Review was founded by Elizabeth MacDuffie and Alexandra Wagman. We are a non-academic affiliated magazine committed to recognizing and featuring the work of the artists, writers, and musicians living in western Massachusetts and beyond.

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The fee is USD $5 (above average for magazines that charge).

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: Published 4 x per year

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Meat for Tea's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
More Approachable: Meat for Tea's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
More Responsive: Meat for Tea's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 8,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 8,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 8,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Lengths:

Artwork: Unknown number of pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment Provides free copy/copies No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Meat for Tea 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 Approachable Fiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Approachable Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Approachable Poetry Publishers in our database.

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Accuracy

We have received 127 reports from 102 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 40.5 mean avg | 33.0 median | 367 max days (58.9 std dev)

Responses

91.34 %

Acceptances:

85.83 % of submissions accepted (34.9 avg. days per acceptance) | 88.24 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

5.51 % (119.4 avg. days per rejection) | 85.7 % personal, 0.0 % form, 14.3 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.79 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

0.79 % (259.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

7.87 % (79.4 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

30 responses are pending (44 min | 297.0 mean avg | 142.5 median | 1,519 max days waiting | 398.9 std dev) from 25 different members

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: USD $4.85. (100.0 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 93.4 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 07 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 30 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 13 Sep 2026 23:49 UTC (5 hours, 39 minutes ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 01 Aug 2026

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