Smart Search List of the Day Smart Search List of the Day Essays about Literature/Books Smart Search is one of several search options for our members. It enables you to search for publishers and agents using the most common options and provides a short list of results that's curated and updated daily. This helps you find that gold nugget in the stream with as little effort as possible. Although you aren't a member yet, we are giving you a free preview of our Smart Search List of the Day below. Check back tomorrow for a new search. Read our Guide to Smart Search for more information about this feature. Instructions: Select at least one bolded (asterisk) option below and click Search. To include some lesser-known publishers, select "Include Wildcards." 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Results: 10 20 30 40 50 Fees: Include Fee-Based Submissions Pay: Paying Projects Only Include 'Unknown' Payscale Refinements: Include Wildcards Wildcards are listings that are lesser-known and don't have enough data yet for complete statistics. Exact Matches Only Sort By: Acceptance Pct (high to low) Acceptance Pct (low to high) Avg Response Time (low to high) Number of Submitters (reporting to Duotrope) Title Today's Smart Search List of the Day is: Essays about Literature/Books. Check back tomorrow for a new list.Color Coding: Purple indicates a Wildcard, Green indicates a paying publication, and Blue is everything else. Boston Review Wildcard Boston Review is a political and literary forum—a public space for discussion of ideas, politics, and culture. Independent and nonprofit, animated by hope and committed to equality, we believe in the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world. To that end, we publish a diverse range of voices and views—on the web (always for free), in print (four times a year), and at public events (not just in Boston)…Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Politics/Political Science, Society/Culture, Other.Lengths: Review, Essay.Payment: Unknown.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.2 days. Brevity Fees For more than two decades, Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction has published well-known and emerging writers working in the brief essay form. Though still committed to the mission of publishing new and emerging writers, Brevity has been fortunate over the years to include the work of Pulitzer prize winners, NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Egypt, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, The Netherlands, and Japan…Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Memoir.Lengths: Essay.Payment: Professional. Details: USD $45.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 47.6 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction. Broad Ripple Review Broad Ripple Review is an independent literary magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We seek writing that is finely crafted and deeply felt, work that balances narrative movement with interior complexity and language shaped with intention and care. We are a selective journal, guided not by exclusivity but by care…Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books.Lengths: Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.Payment: Unknown.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 22.1 days.Acceptances: Challenging. 2.5% of nonfiction submissions accepted. Cleaver Fees Founded in 2013, we publish cutting-edge contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, essays on craft and the writing life, and book reviews. Query first for book reviews and craft essays. Other creative nonfiction can be submitted directly.Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books.Lengths: Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.Payment: No monetary payment.Avg. Response: Average responder. 64.7 days.Acceptances: Challenging. 6.3% of nonfiction submissions accepted. CRAFT Established in 2017 as a literary magazine for fiction, CRAFT expanded in 2020 to publish creative nonfiction as well. We explore how writing works, reading pieces with a focus on the elements of craft, on the art of prose. We feature previously unpublished creative work, with occasional reprints, as well as critical pieces including craft essays and interviews. All published creative pieces include an author’s note and an editorial introduction that both discuss stylistics in the work…Topics: Literature/Books.Lengths: Interview, Review, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $100 for flash; $200 for longer works; no payment for reprints.Avg. Response: Average responder. 55.9 days.Acceptances: Challenging. 0.9% of nonfiction submissions accepted. Literary Hub Literary Hub is an organizing principle in the service of literary culture, a single, trusted, daily source for all the news, ideas and richness of contemporary literary life. There is more great literary content online than ever before, but it is scattered, easily lost—with the help of its editorial partners, Lit Hub is a site readers can rely on for smart, engaged, entertaining writing about all things books…Topics: Literature/Books, Society/Culture, Other.Lengths: Article, Essay.Payment: to Pays occasionally, unknown rates.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 10.9 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction. Michigan Quarterly Review Fees Michigan Quarterly Review, founded in 1962, is an interdisciplinary and international literary journal, combining distinctive voices in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as works in translation. The flagship literary journal of the University of Michigan, our magazine embraces creative urgency and cultural relevance, aiming to challenge conventions and address long-overdue conversations…Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Politics/Political Science, Society/Culture, Other.Lengths: Essay.Payment: Unknown.Avg. Response: Average responder. 55.2 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction. Moon City Review Our literary anthology, Moon City Review, accepts submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, and book reviews.Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books.Lengths: Review, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.Payment: No monetary payment.Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 120.9 days.Acceptances: Approachable. 12.0% of nonfiction submissions accepted. Southern Indiana Review Fees The Southern Indiana Review presents a cross-section of emerging and established artists and writers whose work is both regional and national in scope and degree of recognition. With the support of the Indiana Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts, SIR is published by the University of Southern Indiana and sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts. The editors invite submissions of poetry, fiction, interviews, art work, photography, critical essays, and reviews.Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Folklore/Mythology, History, Literature/Books, Memoir, Nature/Environment, Politics/Political Science, Religion/Spirituality, Science, Society/Culture.Lengths: Interview, Review, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $125-$250.Avg. Response: Average responder. 60.7 days.Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction. Whale Road Review This journal takes its name from an old kenning. The ocean is the whale road. Whale road. Those words conjure an image of whales moving in patterns through the waters of the world. “Whale road” makes us re-see the ocean. Whale Road Review publishes poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that don’t demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed…Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Education/Pedagogy, Literature/Books.Lengths: Interview, Review, Essay.Payment: No monetary payment.Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 28.2 days.Acceptances: Challenging. 6.7% of nonfiction submissions accepted. Bulk Actions: Select all | Deselect all Jump to Top Add selected to Favorites Add selected to Ignore List (Ignored listings will be hidden from you across the site.) Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. 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