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New World Writing Quarterly 160

About

New World Writing began life as Mississippi Review Online, a per­sonal Web site that the edi­tor (who was then also edi­tor of Mississippi Review, the print mag­a­zine) put online in 1995. On depart­ing his edi­tor­ship of MR, the edi­tor invited those folks who worked on the online ver­sion of MR to join him in this new venture. New World Writing (as Mississippireview.com, and then BlipMagazine.net) was among the first and most popular lit­er­ary mag­a­zines on the Web. As of 2010, the mag­a­zine had more than fif­teen hun­dred sto­ries and poems in its archive, work by such writ­ers as Thom Jones, Ben Marcus, Francine Prose, Padgett Powell, Barry Hannah, Tom Drury, Elizabeth Gilbert, Rick Bass, Ben Neihart, Brian Oberkirch, Michael Dermansky, Courtney Eldridge, David Ryan, Laurie O’Brien, Jaime Clarke, Stacey Richter, Susan Hubbard, Larry French. Recent online issues have included work from Bob Hicok, Dorianne Laux, Christine Sneed, Brad Watson, Lori Ostlund, Mary Grimm, Floyd Skloot, George Saunders, Michael Knight, Nin Andrews, Mary Miller, Pamela Painter, James Robison, Kate Braverman, Ann Beattie, Thaisa Frank, Bobbie Ann Mason, Brad Watson, Angela Ball, Diann Blakely, Gary Percesepe, Cathy Hankla, Mary Miller, Bruce Smith, Paul Maliszewski, Curtis Smith, Denise Duhamel, Robert Lopez, Paul Lisicky, George Singleton, Julia Johnson, Meg Pokrass, Kara Candito and many others. We hope you make the mag­a­zine a reg­u­lar stop in your Web trav­els, and we wel­come you and encour­age your participation.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 1995

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 4 x per year.

Fiction Temp Closed

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 July 2024* (approx. 43 days from now) through 14 July 2024. 2

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 2,500 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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


Nonfiction Temp Closed

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 July 2024* (approx. 43 days from now) through 14 July 2024. 0

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Essay EssayUp to 2,500 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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


Poetry Temp Closed

Dates:

Will be open to submissions from 01 July 2024* (approx. 43 days from now) through 14 July 2024. 0

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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


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

New World Writing Quarterly 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 Fastest Fiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 50 reports from 45 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported0 min | 4.9 mean avg | 1.0 median | 77 max days (13.6 std dev)
Responses90.00 %
Acceptances6.00 % of submissions accepted (1.7 avg. days per acceptance) | 6.67 % 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.
Rejections84.00 % (3.3 avg. days per rejection) | 2.4 % personal, 57.1 % form, 40.5 % unspecified
Non-Responses10.00 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded-
Withdrawals10.00 % (20.2 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 14 Apr 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 12 Apr 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 02 May 2024
Last Audited: 13 Mar 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 04 Aug 2010

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