Meetinghouse Magazine

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About

Based at Dartmouth College, Meetinghouse is a literary magazine that provides a space for diverse voices to speak with one another. Meetinghouse builds upon Dartmouth’s rich literary history and vibrant creative writing faculty, creating opportunities for undergraduates to learn about all aspects of publishing, from reading submissions to laying out finished stories.
The meeting house was a place of town discussion, disagreement, and deliberation. Our magazine finds harmony in the conversation between fragmented, incongruous parts. We cast our net wide, publishing work that cuts at unusual angles across traditional genres (fiction, poetry, memoir), work that manages to transmute confusion into relative coherence, the personal into the public, anecdotes into stories. With a belief in the interdisciplinary and the illuminating power of imaginative language, we feature literary nonfiction written by scientists, philosophers, natural historians, historians, journalists, literary critics, and others, finding connections where at first none seem to exist.
Student editors work in collaboration with faculty mentors to take Meetinghouse all the way from idea to print. We feature Dartmouth’s best undergraduate writing alongside work from established and emerging voices.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2020

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency
Print Publication Print Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

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Statistics Synopsis

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

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words; Up to 2 pieces.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words; Unknown number of pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment to Professional payment. Details: USD $40 for digital content and $100 for work published in print.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 7,500 words; Unknown number of pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
History: General, Biographies, See guidelines.
Literature/Books: Theory/Analysis/Criticism, See guidelines.
Philosophy: General, See guidelines.
Science: General, See guidelines.

Payment:

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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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) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Details: USD $40 for digital content and $100 for work published in print.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 5 pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Painting.
Photography.
Sculpture.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Meetinghouse Magazine Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 20 reports from 19 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

84 min | 175.0 mean avg | 176.0 median | 202 max days (124.6 std dev)

Responses

90.0 %

Acceptances:

0.00 %

Rejections:

90.00 % (176.2 avg. days per rejection) | 11.1 % personal, 72.2 % form, 16.7 % unspecified

Non-Responses

5.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

5.00 % (155.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

5.00 % (84.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 60 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 60 days.)
Do not query on the status of your submission before 60 days have passed.
Submissions are acknowledged within 6 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 01 May 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 16 Nov 2025.
Date compiled: 07 Sep 2026 04:36 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 08 Jun 2026

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