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Fiction

Meridian

Closed
Length
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Pay
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Fee
Reading fee 3.00 USD
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Meridian, the literary magazine produced at the University of Virginia, accepts one unpublished fiction story per submission, with no strict word count limit though it rarely publishes stories over 5,000 words, and simultaneous submissions are welcome. General fiction submissions run August 15 to November 1 with a $3 submission fee.

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