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Smart Search List of the Day Literary Memoir Narrative Nonfiction

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Black Fox Literary Magazine

Here at Black Fox, we publish both established and new writers. We welcome all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented genres and styles.
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Memoir.
Lengths: Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Details: USD $20.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 34.2 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction.

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The Dublin Review

The Dublin Review is a quarterly magazine of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction.
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Memoir, Travel.
Lengths: Article, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: Professional. Details: Min. of EUR €300 for 2,500 words and under, increasing with word count.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 106.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.8% of nonfiction submissions accepted.

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Five Minutes

Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words.
Topics: Memoir.
Lengths: Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 60.4 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 46.4% of nonfiction submissions accepted.

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Fourth Genre Fees

Publishing the best in literary nonfiction since 1999. Here at Fourth Genre, we’re devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. We curate works across the full spectrum of the genre. Given the genre’s flexibility and expansiveness, we welcome a variety of works ranging from personal essays and memoirs to literary journalism and personal criticism…
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Lifestyle, Literature/Books, Memoir, Nature/Environment, Travel.
Lengths: Review, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: to Token to Semi-pro. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $50.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 87.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 4.7% of nonfiction submissions accepted.

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Granta Fees

Granta does not have a political or literary manifesto, but it does have a belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real. As the Observer wrote of Granta: ‘In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world…
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Memoir.
Lengths: Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 42.4 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction.

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Hippocampus Magazine Fees

Hippocampus Magazine is an exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, reviews, interviews and craft articles. We like quirky, we like edgy, we like witty, we like smart, we like to be moved, we like pieces that stick with us. Query first for reviews, interviews, and articles.
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Memoir.
Lengths: Interview, Review, Article, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Book Excerpt.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Details: USD $40.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 68.4 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 5.1% of nonfiction submissions accepted.

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Lake Effect

Lake Effect is a publication of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Lake Effect is looking for well-crafted and lively literary or personal essays. We are not looking for literary criticism, but essays that engage literature in the context of a lived life are certainly welcome.
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Memoir.
Lengths: Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: No monetary payment. Free copy(ies).
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 9.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction.

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Oxford Magazine Wildcard

Oxford Magazine is a literary magazine edited and published by graduate students in the Department of English at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Since our premiere in 1984, our magazine has received Pushcart Prizes for both fiction and poetry, and has published authors such as Charles Baxter, William Stafford, Robert Pinsky, Stephen Dixon, Helena Maria Viramontes, Andre Dubus, and Stuart Dybek. In 1997, Writers Digest named Oxford Magazine one of the fifty best fiction markets…
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Memoir, Other.
Lengths: Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.

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River Teeth Fees

River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative is recognized as a national leader in publishing quality essays, memoir, and literary journalism. It was co-founded in 1999 by Joe Mackall and Dan Lehman, professors at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. In 2019, following the retirement of editors Joe Mackall and Dan Lehman, River Teeth moved its primary location to Ball State University.
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Memoir.
Lengths: Review, Article, Essay, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: to Semi-pro to Professional. Free copy(ies). Details: USD $100.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 56.2 days.
Acceptances: Challenging. 0.7% of nonfiction submissions accepted.

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Sunspot Literary Journal Fees

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Sunspot Literary Journal was founded to cut through the blinding flashes. The publications present writing that is meaningful. Writing created by individuals who might not have a large social media following, but who still have something important to say. Here at Sunspot, we believe in the power of the written word. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art can speak truth to power with the power inherent in all human beings. Our mission is to amplify every voice.
Topics: Open to all/most topics, including: Literature/Books, Memoir, Travel.
Lengths: Review, Narrative Nonfiction.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 29.0 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in nonfiction.

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