General Submission Guidelines

The Paris Review accepts unsolicited submissions of prose via Submittable in February, June, and October, and unsolicited submissions of poetry via Submittable in January, April, July, and October, until we reach capacity. We do not accept unsolicited art submissions.

All submissions must be in English and must be previously unpublished.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 limit your prose submissions to forty pages maximum. 

Please submit no more than six poems or one piece of prose at a time and please do not submit more than once per Submittable 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 submissions of prose and poetry are accepted year-round by mail. 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

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.

Due to volume of submissions, please note that editorial responses may take 6-8 months.