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The Top 25 Nonfiction Publications

Here are some statistics based on the responses that have been reported within the last 12 months for publishers with at least 10 different people reporting responses within that period. ("Fledgling" listings are not eligible.)
Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status.

The Slowest

The publishers with the slowest mean average response times reported (in days).

1. The City Key
497.7
2. Jade Ring Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
377.3
3. Ecotone Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions
360.2
4. The Atlantic
306.1
5. Hibiscus Magazine
292.5
6. Longreads
274.6
7. LitMag  Charges fees for all submissions
245.5
8. The Georgia Review  Charges fees for some submissions
237.4
9. Memoir Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions
233.1
10. cream city review  Charges fees for all submissions
214.8
11. The Southern Review  Charges fees for all submissions
214.3
12. Post Road Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions
205.9
13. The Iowa Review Awards  Charges fees for all submissions
190.3
14. The Common  Charges fees for all submissions
185.2
15. Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
182.6
16. The Fiddlehead
176.2
17. swamp pink  Charges fees for all submissions
176.0
18. The Rumen
167.0
19. The Malahat Review  Charges fees for some submissions
165.7
20. Boulevard Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions
165.0
21. The Sun Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions
162.0
22. Chicago Quarterly Review  Charges fees for all submissions
159.9
23. The Hopkins Review  Charges fees for all submissions
158.4
24. Guernica
157.1
25. The Point
157.1

The Fastest

The publishers with the fastest mean average response times reported (in days).

1. Larina's Lit Lounge
2.1
2. Bright Flash Literary Review
2.6
3. trampset
2.7
4. Moocat le Meaux
2.7
5. New World Writing Quarterly
2.7
6. January House Literary Journal
2.9
7. The Disappointed Housewife
3.1
8. Hollow and Sky
3.6
9. Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine
3.9
10. Star 82 Review
3.9
11. Claudine
4.7
12. Bending Genres
5.2
13. The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
5.2
14. Dishsoap Quarterly
5.2
15. SmokeLong Quarterly  Charges fees for some submissions
6.4
16. McSweeney's Internet Tendency
6.5
17. Sky Island Journal  Charges fees for all submissions
7.5
18. Fahmidan Journal
8.5
19. Halfway Down the Stairs
8.8
20. Wildness
9.1
21. Lake Effect
9.4
22. The Woolf
10.3
23. Amethyst Review
10.7
24. Afterwords
10.7
25. BULL
10.8

The Challenging

The publishers with the lowest acceptance percentages reported*.

1. Glossy Planet Literary Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions
0.5%
2. River Teeth  Charges fees for all submissions
0.7%
3. Autumn House Nonfiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
0.8%
4. CRAFT
0.9%
5. Arcturus Magazine
1.0%
6. Chestnut Review  Charges fees for some submissions
1.3%
7. New England Review  Charges fees for some submissions
1.3%
8. Baltimore Review
1.3%
9. The Offing
1.4%
10. Split Lip Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions
1.5%
11. swamp pink  Charges fees for all submissions
1.5%
12. Fourth Genre Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
1.5%
13. Ninth Letter  Charges fees for some submissions
1.5%
14. Pleiades
1.7%
15. Kenyon Review
1.8%
16. New Feathers Anthology
1.9%
17. The Missouri Review  Charges fees for some submissions
1.9%
18. Copper Nickel  Charges fees for all submissions
1.9%
19. North American Review  Charges fees for some submissions
2.2%
20. Bellevue Literary Review  Charges fees for all submissions
2.3%
21. The Sun Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions
2.5%
22. The Georgia Review  Charges fees for some submissions
2.5%
23. Broad Ripple Review
2.5%
24. Slant Books  Charges fees for all submissions
2.6%
25. Indiana Review  Charges fees for all submissions
2.6%
* This list does not include listings for which we have received no reports of acceptances. We offer a separate report on this page for that.

The Approachable

The publishers with the highest acceptance percentages reported.

1. Instant Noodles
57.9%
2. The Garfield Lake Review
54.6%
3. The Argyle Literary Magazine
54.6%
4. Grande Dame Literary  Charges fees for all submissions
46.2%
5. Five Minutes
44.4%
6. Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine
39.5%
7. Still Point Arts Quarterly
31.8%
8. Flash the Court  Charges fees for all submissions
30.4%
9. Patty Friedmann Writing Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
30.4%
10. WayWords Literary Journal
30.0%
11. Amethyst Review
28.9%
12. Frazzled Lit
27.8%
13. The Manifest-Station
26.9%
14. Salt Bloom
26.9%
15. TrashLight Press Website
26.7%
16. The Gilded Weathervane
26.3%
17. Mouthful of Salt
26.3%
18. WOW! Women On Writing Quarterly Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
26.3%
19. Global City Review
25.0%
20. Larina's Lit Lounge
23.1%
21. Dorothy Parker's Ashes
22.7%
22. BULL
21.4%
23. Pangyrus  Charges fees for some submissions
20.0%
24. Halfway Down the Stairs
20.0%
25. JMWW  Charges fees for some submissions
19.4%
Remember: The more people who report their response times to us, the more accurate our statistics are. Please report your responses to us!

Date compiled: Saturday, September 19, 2026 10:26:40 PM UTC.

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