College Level Opportunities

POETRY: Please send up to 4 poems in one word document per submission (10 page limit); FICTION:We accept flash fiction, short stories, and everything in between (2000 word limit); CREATIVE-NONFICTION:We accept memoirs, book reviews, and personal essays (2000 word limit).

Poetry is reviewed on a rolling basis. We accept submissions via Submittable only. Send up to six poems (in a single document) per submission, but please do not submit more than twice in twelve months. We do not consider work that has appeared elsewhere (this includes all Web sites and personal blogs). We are interested in translations of poems that have never been published in English. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us promptly, using your Submittable account, if a poem has been accepted elsewhere. We read all submissions and strive to respond within six months, but, due to the volume we receive, the wait may be longer.

Please send your submissions (as PDF attachments) to fiction@newyorker.com, or by mail to Fiction Editor, The New Yorker, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. We read all submissions within ninety days, and will contact you if we’re interested in publishing your material. We regret that, owing to the volume of submissions we receive, we are unable to call or e-mail unless a story is accepted for publication. If you have not heard from us within ninety days, please assume that we will not be able to publish your manuscript. Submissions sent by regular mail will not be returned, so please do not send original copies of your work.

Apply as a guest contributor or writer here. Once you submit your piece, our editors will review your work and provide feedback. We have three editing cycles during the week and we aim to get your piece reviewed within 3-4 days of your submission. Your piece should fit into one of three categories: art, social issues, or science & technology.

We look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do.” We seek out writers who tell their truths in their own words and convince us as we read that we’ve found something no one else could have written.

Please send your submission (as a PDF attachment) to TNY_Shouts@newyorker.com. We read all submissions and try to respond within ninety days. We ask that you not send us more than one submission at a time, and that you wait to hear back about each pending submission before sending another. Keep in mind that Shouts & Murmurs are humorous fiction; first-person essays will not be considered.