San Antonio Review (SAR)

About

San Antonio Review publishes original essays, poetry, art, reviews, theory and other work on its website. Print issues are published at the publisher’s discretion depending upon available time, savings and quality content. SAR was founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 2017 by William O. Pate II.
San Antonio Review is devoted to serving as a gathering space outside academia, the market and government for writers, artists, scholars, activists, workers, students, parents and others to express their perspectives and reflections on our shared world and help develop visions of our collective future. Funded by its publisher’s income from his day jobs, donations and the sale of print editions and other materials and led and maintained by an all-volunteer editorial collective, SAR is not beholden to any institution, organization or ideology.
SAR is a seed. Planted and tended, we hope it grows. We can at best provide a hospitable environment and some nurturing care to the pieces we publish and ensure their dissemination and preservation in hopes some future finders may be spurred to positive action by what they share. The SAR Editorial Collective is an experiment in the prefigurative politics of constructive, everyday resistance. That is, SAR is trying to create a publishing organization today that reflects the world as it might be; that proves an alternative is possible and things may be otherwise.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions. (Note: About 8% of magazines always charge fees.)
The fee range is USD $1 to $5 (below average to above average for magazines that charge).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2017

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 52 x per year

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Statistics Synopsis

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

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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).
Novel Excerpt: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment to Unknown payment Pays occasionally, unknown rates. Details: "Monetary awards" are given to one contributor each issue.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Review: No specific word count limits known.
Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.
Book Excerpt: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment to Unknown payment Pays occasionally, unknown rates. Details: "Monetary awards" are given to one contributor each issue.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT 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; Unknown number of pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment to Unknown payment Pays occasionally, unknown rates. Details: "Monetary awards" are given to one contributor each issue.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Unknown number of pieces.

Art Media:

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

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment to Unknown payment Pays occasionally, unknown rates. Details: "Monetary awards" are given to one contributor each issue.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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San Antonio Review Submission Statistics

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We have received 23 reports from 22 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 16.8 mean avg | 10.0 median | 68 max days (22.0 std dev)

Responses

95.66 %

Acceptances:

69.57 % of submissions accepted (14.5 avg. days per acceptance) | 72.73 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

26.09 % (30.2 avg. days per rejection) | 16.7 % personal, 66.7 % form, 16.7 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

4.35 % (5.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: USD $5.00.
Most recent response reported was received on 07 Sep 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 23 Aug 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:47 UTC (less than a minute ago).
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Last Updated: 07 Sep 2026

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