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Virginia Quarterly Review

Closed
Length
2,500 to 8,000 words
Pay
1000 USD flat
Fee
Not stated
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Virginia Quarterly Review is a journal of literature and discussion published at the University of Virginia. Its unsolicited fiction call takes previously unpublished stories of 2,500 to 8,000 words during a short August window that closes once genre quotas fill; submissions reopen in 2027, and fiction payment is generally $1,000 and above.

Literary
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