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The Top 100: Fiction Publications that are Slowest to Respond

The following fiction publishers are among the Top 100 slowest to respond, according to response times reported by our users. (A minimum of 25 people reporting responses to fiction submissions required. "Fledgling" listings are not included.)
Note: The information on this page is updated once daily and may not reflect recent response reports or changes in status.
TitleGenresLengthsPaymentMedia
The City Key TEMP CLOSED
ZYZZYVA  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Harper's Magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Must Read Books Publishing)   
Jade Ring Writing Contest (Wisconsin Writers Association) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED       
The Atlantic  
The Fiddlehead  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED  Provides copies
Ecotone Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED  to Provides copies
LitMag  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to
Hibiscus Magazine 
Twelve Winters Journal (Twelve Winters Press) Charges fees for all submissions     
The Georgia Review  Charges fees for some submissions 
The Common: A Modern Sense of Place  Charges fees for all submissions   to  
Nashville Review  to
Bennington Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  to
The Iowa Review  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED   
LitMag's Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions 
Grain Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  to
The NoSleep Podcast  MATURE    to
The New Yorker
The Southern Review (Louisiana State University Press) Charges fees for all submissions   to Provides copies
Unsolicited Press  Charges fees for some submissions     +
The Orison Chapbook Prize (Orison Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED + Provides copies
Willow Springs Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions  to Provides copies
PULP Literature TEMP CLOSED           to  
Fourteen Hills  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies
The Baffler 
Hobart 
Waxwing Literary Journal TEMP CLOSED 
Notre Dame Review (Notre Dame Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
Harvard Review  Charges fees for all submissions 
The Malahat Review  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies
Guernica: A Magazine of Global Arts & Politics 
The Maine Review  Charges fees for all submissions  to
The Iowa Review Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Lake Effect: An International Literary Journal Provides copies
Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers (Boulevard Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions 
StoryBottle Co.    
The Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Sewanee Review Fiction, Poetry & Nonfiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  
The Hopkins Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to
DIAGRAM (New Michigan Press) 
Potomac Review  Provides copies  
Chicago Quarterly Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies
The Greensboro Review  Charges fees for all submissions 
American Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions  
Pleiades: Literature in Context TEMP CLOSED  
Witness: A Magazine of the Black Mountain Institute  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  to Provides copies  
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts  Charges fees for all submissions   to   
Four Way Review (Four Way Books) Charges fees for some submissions 
Kenyon Review TEMP CLOSED   
Ink Nest Poetry: A Literary Magazine to  
Flame Tree Book of Horror Anthology Series (Flame Tree Publishing)
Washington Square Review TEMP CLOSED 
swamp pink  Charges fees for all submissions  to
The Rumen TEMP CLOSED 
Dark Yonder (Thalia Press) 
South Carolina Review Provides copies
The Sun Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions  
American Short(er) Fiction Contest (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
Puerto del Sol  
The Molotov Cocktail 
Sally Port Magazine   
Cola Literary Review  Charges fees for some submissions  
The Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction (Orison Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   +  
Flame Tree Publishing Beyond & Within Anthology Series
Ninth Letter  Charges fees for some submissions   to Provides copies
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Small Beer Press)       Provides copies
Berkeley Fiction Review  to Provides copies  
Marrow Magazine   
Gradeside Stories (Graveside Press) TEMP CLOSED   +  
F(r)iction (Brink Literacy Project) Charges fees for all submissions   to Provides copies
Reed Magazine TEMP CLOSED 
Raleigh Review  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED   to Provides copies  
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
The Metaworker Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED       
Pembroke Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  Provides copies
Wigleaf: (very) short fiction TEMP CLOSED
Bluestem Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
North American Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies  
Southeast Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies  
Redivider: A Journal for New Literature  Provides copies  
The Stinging Fly TEMP CLOSED  Provides copies
CutBank: The Literary Journal of the University of Montana  Charges fees for all submissions  
The London Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  
Menagerie Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED  to
Goblins & Galaxies Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
Abyss & Apex TEMP CLOSED    to
The Celestial Glossary Literary Magazine (Estrella House Publishing) Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED  
The Razor Literary Magazine (Gotham Writers Workshop)  
FreeFall Magazine TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies
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Date compiled: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 6:51:40 AM UTC.

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