Genres & Theme
Literary Mainstream Open to all / most themes The Carolina Quarterly has been publishing the work of established and emergent writers for more than fifty years. Recent issues have featured the works of Fred Chappell, Clyde Edgerton, Richard Ford, Ha Jin, Lewis Nordan, Robert Morgan, Cathy Song, and Charles Wright. Works published in The Carolina Quarterly have appeared in New Stories From the South, Best of the South, Poetry Daily, O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prizes, and Best American Short Stories. Today The Carolina Quarterly, edited by students of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the finest and longest-running literary publications in America. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Temporarily closed to submissions. Submissions Periods Open to submissions from Monday, September 01, 2008 to Thursday, April 30, 2009 (110.6 days from now)	Go To: Website Support this Publisher: Subscribe Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover
Lengths
Poetry (varies, read guidelines) Short Story (1,000 - 7,500 words; may vary)
Media
Print Publication
Payscale
Does Not Pay in real-world money for Short Fiction Does Not Pay in real-world money for Poetry
Other Info
Accepts postal submissions only
No simultaneous submissions allowed
No reprints accepted
No multiple submissions allowed
Published 3 x per year
USA
Response Times
Show Overall Short Fiction Poetry   Note: These statistics are compiled from response reports sent to us anonymously and through our submissions tracker for registered users. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's staff. Accuracy We have received 29 reports within the past 12 months, not including 8 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 184 days). The more responses reported, the more accurate the info. Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most markets have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here. Days Reported 15 | 289.2* | 729 (min | avg | max) *This data has been normalized to reduce the effect of reported long waits before withdrawals or assumed rejections. Responses (69%) Acceptances: 3.4% (64 days avg. per acceptance) Rejections: 62.1% (317.5 days avg. per rejection) | 11.1% personal, 83.3% form, 5.6% unspecified Rewrite Requests: 3.4% (223 days avg. per rewrite request) Non-Responses (31%) Assumed Rejections: 20.7% (475.2 days avg. per assumed rejection without response) Author Withdrawals: 10.3% (86 days avg. per withdrawal by author) Other Information Most recent response reported was received on: 12 Apr 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 03 Feb 2008 Do not query before 180 days have passed. (58.6% of the responses reported to us for this market have taken longer than 180 days.)
Awards, "Best of" Annuals, etc.
Work published has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following: O. Henry Prize
Market Added: 06 Feb 2006 Last Updated: 30 Apr 2008 Last Checked: 12 May 2008

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