Wonder of Wonders: Simultaneous Submissions

Now for some practical stuff.


Submitting my work for publication is hands down my favorite thing to do. I mean, who doesn't enjoy spending years reading literary magazines, hand picking the mag that is THE ONE, spending days/weeks/months selecting the perfect poems in the perfect order and then another week editing and re-editing the cover letter to strike that delicate balance of confidence, familiarity, and intrigue just to get that generic "we're just not that into you" email after months of anticipation? Then you spend a few days feeling like that time in high school when you got rejected by the boy you'd been secretly pining after since 2nd grade. But, it was so meant to be, right? Time to move on.


This is where my mother would say something to the effect of "don't put all your eggs in one basket." Except, inevitably she would mix up the saying with another proverbial gem and come out with something like "don't count all your eggs into baskets." So. What to do? Mix it up a bit and try throwing many eggs into many well rounded baskets. This is where the glory of glories, miracle of miracles--also known as simultaneous submissions--comes in. While I'm sure this concept isn't new news, I thought it would be helpful to provide a list of some good literary magazines* that accept simultaneous submissions for your submitting pleasure (and please if you know any others--add them in the comments!):


Agni

Artful Dodge

Bellingham Review

Black Warrior Review

Cimarron Review

Crab Orchard Review

Crazyhorse

Denver Quarterly

Gulf Coast--the site doesn't specify whether it accepts S.S. or not, but I've been told they do

Harpur Palate

Haydens Ferry Review

Mid-American Review

Parthenon West Review

Pleiades

Quarterly West

Shenandoah

Slice

Smartish Pace

Southern Review

The American Poetry Journal

Third Coast

Three Penny Review

West Branch

EDIT: Glimmer Train (short stories only)

Bat City Review 

*Most of these accept both poetry and fiction, although some are only poetry reviews!

Now, happy submitting!