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John Edgar Wideman was born in 1941 in Washington, D.C., and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His books include Writing to Save a Life, Philadelphia Fire, Brothers and Keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop Roots, and Sent for You Yesterday. He is a MacArthur Fellow, and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and the National Book Critics Circle Award twice. He divides his time between New York and France.
Publications Submitted
Stories published in magazines distributed in North America are eligible for inclusion in The O. Henry Prize Stories. Stories must be written originally in the English language. No translations will be considered. Sections of novels are not considered. Editors are asked to send all stories published in each issue and not to nominate individual stories. Stories should not be submitted by writers or agents.
For fiction published online, the publication’s contact information and the date of the story’s publication must accompany the submissions.
Stories are considered from June 1 to June 1 the following year. Publications received after June 1 will automatically be considered for the next volume of The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Please submit PDF files of submissions to [email protected].
The information listed below was up-to-date when The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019 went to press. Inclusion in this listing does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by The O. Henry Prize Stories or Anchor Books.
Able Muse
www.ablemuse.com
[email protected]
Editor: Alex Pepple
Two or three times a year
AGNI
www.bu.edu/agni
[email protected]
Editor: Sven Birkerts
Biannual (print)
Alaska Quarterly Review
aqreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Ronald Spatz
Biannual
Amazon Original Stories
www.amazon.com/amazonoriginalstories
Submission by Invitation Only
Editor: Julia Sommerfeld
Twelve annually
American Short Fiction
americanshortfiction.org
[email protected]
Editors: Rebecca Markovits and Adeena Reitberger
Triannual
Antipodes
www.wsupress.wayne.edu/journals/detail/antipodes-0
[email protected]
Editor: Brenda Machovsky
Biannual
The Arkansas International
www.arkint.org
[email protected]
Editor: Geoffrey Brock
Biannual
Arkansas Review
arkreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Marcus Tribbett
Triannual
ArLiJo
www.arlijo.com
[email protected]
Editor: Robert L. Giron
Ten issues a year
The Asian American Literary Review
aalrmag.org
[email protected]
Editors: Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis and Gerald Maa
Biannual
Baltimore Review
www.baltimorereview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Barbara Westwood Diehl
Quarterly (online)
Annual (print)
Bat City Review
www.batcityreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Leah Hampton
Annual
Bellevue Literary Review
blr.med.nyu.edu
[email protected]
Editor: Danielle Ofri
Biannual
Bennington Review
www.benningtonreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Michael Dumanis
Biannual
Big Muddy
bigmuddyjournal.com
[email protected]
Editor: James Brubaker
Weekly (online)
Annual (print)
Black Warrior Review
bwr.ua.edu
[email protected]
Editor: Cat Ingrid Leeches
Biannual
BOMB
bombmagazine.org
[email protected]
Editor: Betsy Sussler
Quarterly
Bosque
bosquepress.com
Editor: Lynn C. Miller
[email protected]
Annual
Boulevard
boulevardmagazine.org
[email protected]
Editor: Jessica Rogen
Triannual
The Briar Cliff Review
www.bcreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Tricia Currans-Sheehan
Annual
CALYX
www.calyxpress.org
[email protected]
Editors: C. Lill Ahrens, Rachel Barton, Marjorie Coffey, Judith Edelstein, Emily Elbom, Carole Kalk, Christine Rhea
Biannual
The Carolina Quarterly
thecarolinaquarterly.com
[email protected]
Editor: Sarah George-Waterfield
Biannual
Carve
www.carvezine.com
Editor: Anna Zumbahlen
Quarterly
Catamaran
catamaranliteraryreader.com
[email protected]
Editor: Catherine Sergurson
Quarterly
Cherry Tree
www.washcoll.edu/centers/lithouse/cherry-tree
Editor: James Allen Hall
Annual
Chicago Quarterly Review
www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com
[email protected]
Editors: S. Afzal Haider and Elizabeth McKenzie
Quarterly
Chicago Review
www.chicagoreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Eric Powell
Quarterly
Cimarron Review
cimarronreview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Toni Graham
Quarterly
Colorado Review
coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/
[email protected]
Editor: Stephanie G’Schwind
Triannual
Confrontation
confrontationmagazine.org
[email protected]
Editor: Jonna G. Semeiks
Biannual
Conjunctions
www.conjunctions.com
[email protected]
Editor: Bradford Marrow
Biannual
Copper Nickel
copper-nickel.org
[email protected]
Editor: Wayne Miller
Biannual
Crab Orchard Review
craborchardreview.siu.edu
[email protected]
Editor: Allison Joseph
Biannual
Cream City Review
uwm.edu/creamcityreview/
[email protected]
&
nbsp; Editor: Caleb Nelson
Biannual
CutBank
www.cutbankonline.org
[email protected]
Editor: Joe Kirk
Biannual
The Dalhousie Review
ojs.library.dal.ca/dalhousiereview
[email protected]
Editor: Anthony Enns
Triannual
Dappled Things
dappledthings.org
[email protected]
Editor: Katy Carl
Quarterly
december
decembermag.org
[email protected]
Editor: Gianna Jacobson
Biannual
Delmarva Review
delmarvareview.org
Editor: Bill Gourgey
Annual
Denver Quarterly
www.du.edu/denverquarterly
[email protected]
Editor: Bin Ramke
Quarterly
Descant
descant.tcu.edu
[email protected]
Editor: Matt Pitt
Annual
Driftwood Press
www.driftwoodpress.net
[email protected]
Editors: James McNulty and Jerrod Schwarz
Quarterly
Ecotone
ecotonemagazine.org
[email protected]
Editor: David Gessner
Biannual
Eleven Eleven
elevenelevenjournal.com
Editor: Dan Keating
Biannual
Emrys Journal
www.emrys.org
[email protected]
Editor: Katie Burgess
Annual
Epoch
english.cornell.edu/epoch-magazine-0
[email protected]
Editor: Michael Koch
Triannual
Exile: The Literary Quarterly
www.exilequarterly.com
Editor: Barry Callaghan
Quarterly
Faerie Magazine
www.faeriemagazine.com
[email protected]
Editor: Carolyn Turgeon
Quarterly
Fairy Tale Review
fairytalereview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Kate Bernheimer
Annual
Fantasy & Science Fiction
www.sfsite.com/fsf/
[email protected]
Editor: Gordon van Gelder
Bimonthly
Fence
www.fenceportal.org
[email protected]
Editor: Rebecca Wolff
Biannual
Fiction
www.fictioninc.com
[email protected]
Editor: Mark Jay Mirsky
Annual
Fiction River
www.fictionriver.com
[email protected]
Editors: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
Six times a year
The Fiddlehead
thefiddlehead.ca
[email protected]
Editor: Ross Leckie
Quarterly
Fifth Wednesday Journal
www.fifthwednesdayjournal.com
[email protected]
Editors: James Ballowe, Nina Corwin, and Daniel S. Libman
Biannual
Five Points
www.fivepoints.gsu.edu
Editors: David Bottoms and Megan Sexton
Biannual
The Flexible Persona
flexiblepersona.com
Editor: Alexander Hogan
Biannual
The Florida Review
floridareview.cah.ucf.edu
[email protected]
Editor: Lisa Roney
Biannual
Foglifter
foglifterjournal.com
[email protected]
Editor: Chad Koch
Biannual
f(r)iction
tetheredbyletters.com/friction/
Editor: Dani Hedlund
Triannual
Gemini Magazine
www.gemini-magazine.com
[email protected]
Editor: David A. Bright
Four to six issues per year
The Georgia Review
thegeorgiareview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Stephen Corey
Quarterly
The Gettysburg Review
www.gettysburgreview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Mark Drew
Quarterly
Glimmer Train
www.glimmertrain.com
[email protected]
Editors: Linda Swanson-Davies and Susan Burmeister-Brown
Triannual
Gold Man Review
www.goldmanreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Heather Cuthbertson
Annual
Granta
granta.com
[email protected]
Editor: Sigrid Rausing
Quarterly (print)
The Greensboro Review
www.tgronline.net
Editor: Terry L. Kennedy
Biannual
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
gulfcoastmag.org
[email protected]
Editor: Justin Jannise
Semiannual
Harper’s Magazine
harpers.org
[email protected]
Editor: Ellen Rosenbush
Monthly
Harvard Review
www.harvardreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Christina Thompson
Biannual
Hayden’s Ferry Review
haydensferryreview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Joel Salcido
Biannual
The Hopkins Review
hopkinsreview.jhu.edu
[email protected]
Editor: David Yezzi
Quarterly
Hotel Amerika
www.hotelamerika.net
[email protected]
Editor: David Lazar
Annual
The Hudson Review
hudsonreview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Paula Dietz
Quarterly
Hunger Mountain
hungermtn.org
[email protected]
Editor: Erin Stalcup
Annual (print)
Image
imagejournal.org
[email protected]
Editor: Mary Kenagy Mitchell
Quarterly
Indiana Review
indianareview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Essence London
Biannual
Into the Void
intothevoidmagazine.com
[email protected]
Editor: Ph
ilip Elliot
Quarterly
Iron Horse Literary Review
www.ironhorsereview.com
[email protected]
Editor: Leslie Jill Patterson
Quarterly
Jabberwock Review
www.jabberwock.org.msstate.edu
[email protected]
Editor: Michael Kardos
Semiannual
Kenyon Review
www.kenyonreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: David H. Lynn
Six times a year
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
smallbeerpress.com/lcrw
[email protected]
Editors: Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link
Biannual
Lake Effect
behrend.psu.edu/school-of-humanities-social-sciences/lake-effect
[email protected]
Editors: George Looney and Aimee Pogson
Annual
The Literary Review
www.theliteraryreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Minna Zallman Proctor
Quarterly
LitMag
litmag.com
[email protected]
Editor: Marc Berley
Annual
Little Patuxent Review
littlepatuxentreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Steven Leyva
Biannual
Longshot Island
www.longshotisland.com [inactive]
[email protected] [inactive]
Editor: Daniel White
Quarterly
MAKE: Literary Magazine
www.makemag.com
[email protected]
Editor: Chamandeep Bains
Annual
The Malahat Review
www.malahatreview.ca
[email protected]
Editor: Iain Higgins
Quarterly
The Massachusetts Review
www.massreview.org
[email protected]
Editor: Jim Hicks
Quarterly
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern
www.mcsweeneys.net
[email protected]
Editor: Dave Eggers
Quarterly
Meridian
www.readmeridian.org
[email protected]
Editor: Olivia Haberman
Semiannual
Michigan Quarterly Review
sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr
[email protected]
Editor: Khaled Mattawa
Quarterly
Mid-American Review
casit.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview/
[email protected]
Editor: Abigail Cloud
Semiannual
Midwestern Gothic
midwestgothic.com
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Editors: Jeff Pfaller and Robert James Russell
Biannual
Mississippi Review
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