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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)   
The Atlantic  
Jade Ring Writing Contest (Wisconsin Writers Association) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED       
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     
subTerrain Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED 
The Georgia Review  Charges fees for some submissions 
The Common: A Modern Sense of Place  Charges fees for all submissions   to  
Bennington Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  to
Nashville Review 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 TEMP CLOSED
Fourteen Hills  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  
The Baffler 
The Southern Review (Louisiana State University Press) Charges fees for all submissions   to Provides copies
Hobart 
Waxwing Literary Journal TEMP CLOSED 
Guernica: A Magazine of Global Arts & Politics 
Notre Dame Review (Notre Dame Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
The Maine Review  Charges fees for all submissions  to
Harvard Review  Charges fees for all submissions 
The Malahat Review  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies
The Iowa Review Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers (Boulevard Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions 
The Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
StoryBottle Co.    
The Sewanee Review Fiction, Poetry & Nonfiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  
DIAGRAM (New Michigan Press) 
Lake Effect: An International Literary Journal Provides copies
The Hopkins Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to
Puerto del Sol  
Chicago Quarterly Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies
Potomac Review  Provides copies  
The Greensboro Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
The Sun Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions  
Washington Square Review TEMP CLOSED 
PRISM international  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies
Pembroke Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  Provides copies
Kenyon Review TEMP CLOSED   
Pleiades: Literature in Context TEMP CLOSED  
swamp pink  Charges fees for all submissions  to
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts  Charges fees for all submissions   to   
American Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions  
Flame Tree Book of Horror Anthology Series (Flame Tree Publishing) TEMP CLOSED
Dark Yonder (Thalia Press) 
Witness: A Magazine of the Black Mountain Institute  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED  to Provides copies  
American Short(er) Fiction Contest (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
The Rumen TEMP CLOSED 
The Molotov Cocktail 
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (Small Beer Press)       Provides copies
Ninth Letter  Charges fees for some submissions   to Provides copies
F(r)iction (Brink Literacy Project) Charges fees for all submissions   to Provides copies
Four Way Review (Four Way Books) Charges fees for some submissions 
Sally Port Magazine   
The Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction (Orison Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   +  
Raleigh Review  Charges fees for some submissions   to Provides copies  
Gradeside Stories (Graveside Press) TEMP CLOSED   +  
Flame Tree Publishing Beyond & Within Anthology Series
Reed Magazine TEMP CLOSED 
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED 
Cola Literary Review  Charges fees for some submissions  
The Metaworker Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED       
North American Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   Provides copies  
South Carolina Review Provides copies
Mississippi Review  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED   to Provides copies
Berkeley Fiction Review  to Provides copies  
The Stinging Fly TEMP CLOSED  Provides copies
Bluestem Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
The London Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions  
Southeast Review  Charges fees for all submissions  Provides copies  
Redivider: A Journal for New Literature  Provides copies  
CutBank: The Literary Journal of the University of Montana  Charges fees for all submissions  
Goblins & Galaxies Magazine TEMP CLOSED  
Abyss & Apex TEMP CLOSED    to
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize (The Missouri Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The Razor Literary Magazine (Gotham Writers Workshop)  
Wigleaf: (very) short fiction TEMP CLOSED
Post Road Magazine  Charges fees for all submissions  
Marrow Magazine   
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: Friday, October 16, 2026 6:19:02 AM UTC.

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