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The Georgia Review is the literary-cultural journal published out of the University of Georgia since 1947. While it began with a regional commitment, its scope has grown to include readers and writers throughout the U.S. and the world, who are brought together through the print journal as well as live programming. Convinced that communities thrive when built on dialogue that honors the difference between any two interlocutors, we publish imaginative work that challenges us to reconsider any line, distinction, or thought in danger of becoming too rigid or neat, so that our readers can continue the conversations in their own lives.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 1947

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 4 x per year.

Fiction Temp Closed
Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 16 August 2025* (approx. 86 days from now) through 14 May 2026. 4

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General.

Lengths:
Flash FictionNo specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short StoryNo 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:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $50 per printed page, up to $800.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Nonfiction Temp Closed

We are seeking informed essays that attempt to place their subjects against a broad perspective. For the most part we are not interested in scholarly articles that are narrow in focus and/or overly burdened with footnotes. The ideal essay for The Georgia Review is a provocative, thesis-oriented work that can engage both the intelligent general reader and the specialist.

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 16 August 2025* (approx. 86 days from now) through 14 May 2026. 0

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
ReviewNo specific word count limits known.
EssayNo specific word count limits known.
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including....
Literature/Books: Theory/Analysis/Criticism.

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $50 per printed page, up to $800.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Temp Closed
Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 16 August 2025* (approx. 86 days from now) through 14 May 2026. 0

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General.

Lengths:
PoemNo line limits known; Unknown number of pieces.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Long poetry, Short poetry.

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 $4 per line, up to $800.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Visual Art Closed
This project has permanently closed to submissions in this category.

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* We do not know the time and/or timezone, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.

The Georgia Review Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

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 Slowest Fiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Fiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Slowest Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
This project ranks among the 25 Slowest Poetry Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 384 reports from 360 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported1 min | 249.3 mean avg | 281.0 median | 517 max days (170.8 std dev)
Responses85.67 %
Acceptances2.60 % of submissions accepted (224.9 avg. days per acceptance) | 2.78 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections83.07 % (251.3 avg. days per rejection) | 2.8 % personal, 71.5 % form, 25.7 % unspecified
Non-Responses14.32 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded1.82 % (307.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals12.50 % (121.0 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending368 responses are pending (3 min | 145.6 mean avg | 162.0 median | 451 max days waiting | 250.0 std dev) from 357 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 240 days. (72.9 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 240 days.)
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00. (63.7 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 99.2 % paid fees.)
Submissions are acknowledged within 2 days on average.
Most recent response reported was received on 14 May 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 03 May 2025.

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The Georgia Review Prose Prize Charges fees for all submissions
The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize Charges fees for all submissions

Dates

Last Updated: 14 May 2025
Last Audited: 01 May 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 26 Jul 2005

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