The Georgia Review welcomes submissions both online and by post from August 15 to May 15. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts outside this period.
All manuscripts receive serious, careful attention; each submission is read by a published writer in a salaried position at The Georgia Review. We aim to respond to submissions within ten months. Committed to supporting authors at all stages in their careers, The Georgia Review pays our contributors. Subscribers can submit for free during our general submissions period (excluding contests); active subscribers should contact us to receive a link to submit for free, providing the genre of the work to be submitted and your full name and address (including zip code). General paper submissions by mail are also free (aside from the cost of postage) for everyone.
Work previously published in any form will not be considered. Please tell us in your cover letter if your submission is simultaneously being considered elsewhere, and please let us know immediately if your work is accepted by another publication. Likewise, please notify us if any part of your submission is known to be included in a book already accepted by a publisher (include the anticipated date of book publication).
We do not publish work by current University of Georgia students.
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Online Submissions
Online submissions should be made through Submittable. Each submission requires a $3 processing fee, with an exception for current subscribers to The Georgia Review, who may submit online at no cost. Subscribers: Please contact us to receive a link to submit for free, providing the genre of the work to be submitted and your full name and address (including zip code).
Paper Submissions
General paper submissions do not require a submission fee. All paper manuscripts must include a cover letter with your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. If you’d like to receive our decision by mail, your submission must be accompanied by a postage-paid and self-addressed return envelope. If you would prefer to receive notice of our decision via email (and forgo a return of your manuscript), please indicate this preference in your cover letter. Submissions should be addressed to:
The Editors
The Georgia Review
706A Main Library
320 S. Jackson St.
The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-9009
Payment and Copyright
The Georgia Review's current standard pay rates for our print issues are $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry, up to $800. In addition, all contributors receive two copies of the issue their work appears in and a 50% discount on additional copies of that issue.
The Georgia Review buys first North American serial rights only. All other rights revert to the author at publication, but we offer formal, written reassignments upon request. We ask that whenever an author reprints work that first appeared in our pages, The Georgia Review be given acknowledgment for the specific work(s) involved.
Fiction
The Georgia Review publishes literary fiction. Please submit only one story. Manuscripts must be double-spaced. We rarely publish anything 9,000 words or more. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
Poetry
The Georgia Review typically publishes multiple pages of poetry by each poet we feature. For consideration, submit 6–10 pages of poetry or one long poem. Please format and submit as a single document. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
Essays
Please submit only one essay. Manuscripts must be double-spaced. We rarely publish anything 9,000 words or more. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
Book Reviews
We welcome unsolicited submissions for book reviews. Reviewers should cite the title, author, place of publication and publisher, year, number of pages, and price of the book or books in the review.
For example:
Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography. By Stanley Plumly. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2008. 370 pp. $27.95.
The Georgia Review Prose Prize
Our contest runs November 1 to January 15. The best short story and essay will both be published in The Georgia Review. The overall winner, chosen between the two, will also receive $1,500. The runner-up will receive $600. We invite writers from all backgrounds to submit. All entries will be considered for publication.
The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize
Submissions for the Loraine Williams Poetry Prize are accepted March 1 through May 15. Each year one winner gets $1,500 and publication. We also publish three finalists, each of whom receives $200. We invite poets from all backgrounds to submit. All entries will be considered for publication.
The Georgia Review typically publishes multiple pages of poetry by each poet we feature. For consideration, submit 6–10 pages of poetry or one long poem. Please format and submit as a single document. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
Please distinguish your entry's genre as "Fiction" or "Essay" in the form's Title section.
The Georgia Review publishes essays that are capable of creating conversations across a broad range of readers. Please submit only one essay. Manuscripts must be double-spaced. Although we are willing to read work of any length, we rarely publish prose works 9000 words or longer. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
The Georgia Review publishes literary fiction. Please submit only one story. Manuscripts must be double-spaced. Although we are willing to read work of any length, we rarely publish prose works 9000 words or longer. We expect translators to acquire translation rights before submitting.
We welcome unsolicited submissions for book reviews. Reviewers should cite the title, author, place of publication and publisher, year, number of pages, and price of the book or books in the review. For example: Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography. By Stanley Plumly. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2008. 370 pp. $27.95.
We publish standard reviews (typically 1,750–2,000 words), which focus on only one book, and essay-reviews (typically 4,000–6,000 words), each of which develops a strong thesis through an engagement with multiple books in order to comment on literature and/or culture beyond the texts at hand.