Magazine · Gambier, Ohio, USA
The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review is a distinguished international print and online journal of literature, culture, and the arts founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Edited by Nicole Terez Dutton, the nonprofit publication features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, drama, and book reviews alongside writers' workshops and residential fellowships. Unsolicited general submissions are accepted annually in September with no reading fee, while annual contests include the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers in November and the Kenyon Review Poetry
Open to poets
- Kenyon Review Poetry Contest. November 1 – December 31. Fee: $24. Pays: Publication, payment and workshop scholarship. Simultaneous submissions: no. Up to 5 poems.
- General submissions. September (one month). Fee: Free. Pays: $0.16 per word ($40 min, $200 max). Simultaneous submissions: yes. Up to 6 poems.
Official site: kenyonreview.org. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
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