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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
ZYZZYVA  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Calliope Interactive TEMP CLOSED    
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Must Read Books Publishing)   
Harper's Magazine
Jade Ring Writing Contest (Wisconsin Writers Association) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED       
The Atlantic  
Ecotone Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED  to Provides copies
The Fiddlehead TEMP CLOSED  Provides copies
LitMag  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to
Hibiscus Magazine 
The Common: A Modern Sense of Place  Charges fees for all submissions   to  
The Georgia Review  Charges fees for some submissions 
Twelve Winters Journal (Twelve Winters Press) Charges fees for all submissions     
Polymorphic Magazine  to  
Bennington Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  to
The Iowa Review  Charges fees for some submissions   
LitMag's Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions 
The NoSleep Podcast  MATURE    to
Notre Dame Review (Notre Dame Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
Grain Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  to
The New Yorker
Guernica: A Magazine of Global Arts & Politics 
Harvard Review  Charges fees for all submissions 
The Baffler 
Waxwing Literary Journal TEMP CLOSED 
Fourteen Hills  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies
Write or Die Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED  to
PULP Literature TEMP CLOSED           to  
Willow Springs Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions  to Provides copies
Hobart 
The Southern Review (Louisiana State University Press) Charges fees for all submissions   to Provides copies
The Malahat Review  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies
The Iowa Review Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
DIAGRAM (New Michigan Press) 
Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers (Boulevard Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
StoryBottle Co.    
The Maine Review  Charges fees for all submissions  to
The Sewanee Review Fiction, Poetry & Nonfiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  
The Journal: a literary magazine    
Nashville Review TEMP CLOSED  to
The Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Sun Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions  
The Hopkins Review  Charges fees for all submissions   to
Chicago Quarterly Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies
Potomac Review  Provides copies  
Washington Square Review 
Pembroke Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  Provides copies
Lake Effect: An International Literary Journal Provides copies
The Greensboro Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
Puerto del Sol  
Pleiades: Literature in Context TEMP CLOSED  
The Madison Review  Charges fees for all submissions 
Dark Yonder (Thalia Press) 
Ninth Letter  Charges fees for some submissions   to Provides copies
Flame Tree Book of Horror Anthology Series (Flame Tree Publishing) TEMP CLOSED
Kenyon Review   
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to   
American Short(er) Fiction Contest (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
American Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions  
swamp pink  Charges fees for all submissions  to
The Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction (Orison Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   +  
The Molotov Cocktail 
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Small Beer Press)       Provides copies
F(r)iction (Brink Literacy Project) Charges fees for all submissions   to Provides copies
Mississippi Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to Provides copies
North American Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies  
Wigleaf: (very) short fiction TEMP CLOSED
Flame Tree Publishing Beyond & Within Anthology Series
Reed Magazine 
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
Nightmare Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
Berkeley Fiction Review  to Provides copies  
Gradeside Stories (Graveside Press) TEMP CLOSED   +  
The Metaworker Literary Magazine       
The Rumen TEMP CLOSED 
Four Way Review (Four Way Books) Charges fees for some submissions 
CutBank: The Literary Journal of the University of Montana  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  
PRISM international  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies
Goblins & Galaxies Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
Post Road Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  
Laurel Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize (The Missouri Review) Charges fees for all submissions
Redivider: A Journal for New Literature  Provides copies  
Abyss & Apex TEMP CLOSED    to
The Stinging Fly TEMP CLOSED  Provides copies
South Carolina Review TEMP CLOSED Provides copies
Willows Wept Review  
The Razor Literary Magazine (Gotham Writers Workshop)  
Southeast Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies  
FreeFall Magazine   Provides copies
Bluestem Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
Witness: A Magazine of the Black Mountain Institute  Charges fees for all submissions  to Provides copies  
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 12, 2026 7:44:49 AM UTC.

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