General Submission Guidelines

The Paris Review accepts unsolicited submissions of prose in February, June, and October and unsolicited submissions of poetry in January, April, July, and October via Submittable, until our capacity is reached. During these months, the message "There are presently no open calls for submissions" indicates that our Submittable cap has been reached, after which point you are welcome to submit via mail (see the instructions below). 

All submissions must be in English and must be previously unpublished. Translations are welcome and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, as long as we are notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere. 

Please submit no more than six poems or one piece of prose at a time, and please do not submit more than once per submission period. During the month of October, you may submit in the categories of both poetry and prose, but we ask that you submit only once per genre.

Hard-copy prose submissions are accepted during the months of February, June, and October and hard-copy poetry submissions during the months of January, April, July, and October. Submissions postmarked after the last day of the month in question will not be processed. Please send any hard-copy submissions to the following address, including a brief cover letter and a self-addressed and stamped envelope (SASE):

Prose Editor or Poetry Editor
The Paris Review
544 West 27th Street, Floor 3
New York, NY 10001

Simultaneous submissions are allowed, as long as we are notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere. 

We suggest to all who plan to submit that they read the most recent issues of The Paris Review to acquaint themselves with material the magazine has published. Subscriptions are available here.