We now accept electronic submissions through ManuscriptHub. Please note that there is a sign-up which you will only have to complete once. There is a $2 processing fee to upload one story or up to four poems. We accept electronic submissions year-round, though our response may be considerably slower over the summer. Please keep your email address up-to-date on ManuscriptHub because it’s how we notify you of our editorial decisions.
We continue to accept regular postal submissions (free, no reading fee) during the fall and spring semesters. We do not accept postal submissions postmarked during the summer (April 15 to August 15); these will be discarded unread. We accept submissions sent over our winter break (December 12 to January 15), but we are unlikely to begin reading them until late January. Postal submissions should contain only one prose submission or up to four poems. Please also enclose an SASE for our reply. Please note: all manuscripts will be recycled. DO NOT send us your only copy! We cannot guarantee that it will be returned.
We do not accept e-mail submissions.
The authors we publish receive two complimentary copies, a chance to purchase more at a reduced rate, and, funds permitting, one or two authors in each issue may receive a modest prize for outstanding work.
We do accept simultaneous submissions; however, if we accept your work for publication, it is your responsibility to immediately notify all other magazines it is no longer available. Similarly, if someone else accepts your work, please write or e-mail us immediately.
We try to respond in 1-4 months. Status queries are always welcome, but if our online system shows that your piece has not been read by an editor, chances are we have not yet had the opportunity to give your work a thorough reading.
We generally do not accept creative work by current University of Virginia students. University of Virginia students should not send unsolicited work.
In order to increase the general quality of our lives, please address your mail TO A SPECIFIC EDITOR (i.e. Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Nonfiction Editor, Book Review Editor).
Mailing Address: Meridian | UVa | P.O. Box 400145 | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4145
