This well-regarded literary journal is open for unthemed as well as themed submissions of nonfiction (including flash, up to 1,000 words), fiction, and poetry. “In 2026, our magazine will feature folios on the following themes:
Alchemy: The NOPE Dossier (edited by poet Cate Marvin)
Invisible Cities
Precarity
Document (Previously: Who Gets to Be American?)
We invite work that broadly interprets these themes. When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes.” See guidelines for details on each theme. They also accept excerpts from larger works, as well as translations. They accept up to 7,500 words for prose, up to 6 poems, up to 30 pages for excerpts. They pay $0.08/word for prose up to $450, $0.16/word for poetry up to $200. The submission deadline is 30 September 2025. Details here and here.
To apply for this job please visit thekenyonreview.submittable.com.
