The Georgia Review accepts submissions both online and by post. We do not accept submissions via email. General submissions are free for current subscribers to The Georgia Review.* Subscriptions and online submission fees ensure that we can pay all contributors.
We do not consider general unsolicited manuscripts between May 15 and August 15. 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 eight months.
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).
To find out more about what we publish, browse the work featured on our website.
To learn more about our editorial process, check out our “Questions for Contributors” series on GR2.
*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).
Online Submissions
Online submissions should be sent to our Submittable account. 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 email garev@uga.edu 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
All paper manuscripts must include your name, mailing address, and phone number, and must be accompanied by a postage-paid and self-addressed return envelope. No submission fee is required. 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 pays all contributors; the current standard rates for our print issues are $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry, up to $800. We pay a flat rate of $150 for book reviews published on GR2. In addition, all contributors receive a one-year subscription to The Georgia Review 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.
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. This year 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.
The 2024 Georgia Review Prose Prize judge is Danielle Evans!
Entry requirements: Submissions must be sent either through Submittable or regular mail postmarked within the same span of time. An entry should include either one short story or one essay. Only one entry per writer. Submissions cost $30, which includes a one-year subscription to The Georgia Review. Current subscribers will receive a one-year renewal. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; however, writers must notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. All entries will be considered for publication.
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
Most of our reviews are solicited by the editors. However, we welcome submissions from outside reviewers. 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 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.
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.
Please distinguish your entry's genre as "Fiction" or "Essay" in the form's Title section.
Most of our reviews are solicited by the editors. However, we welcome submissions from outside reviewers here in our Submittable account. 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.
We are pleased to announce that Cole Swenson will serve as the final judge for the 2024 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize. Each year one winner gets $1,500 and publication. We also publish three finalists, each of whom receives $200.
Entry requirements: No simultaneously submitted work. An entry may include one, two, or three poems, but no more than a total of ten standard pages in 12-point or larger type. Work previously published in any form will not be considered.