Genres & Theme
Literary Mainstream Open to all / most themes Washington Square is a non-profit literary journal publishing fiction and poetry by emerging and established writers. It is edited and produced binannually by the students of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at New York University. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Temporarily closed to submissions. Submissions Periods Open to submissions from Friday, August 01, 2008 to Monday, March 30, 2009 (83.7 days from now)	Go To: Website Support this Publisher: Subscribe Make a Donation 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
Allows simultaneous submissions (always follow proper simultaneous submission etiquette)
No reprints accepted
No multiple submissions allowed
Published 2 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. This market ranks among the Top 25 Most Slothful Poetry Markets Accuracy We have received 52 reports within the past 12 months, not including 13 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 160 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 11 | 101 | 242 (min | avg | max) Responses (88.5%) Acceptances: 0% (No publication has a 0% acceptance rate. This data is based on response reports sent to Duotrope's Digest, and we have not received reports of any acceptances yet. If one acceptance were reported, the acceptance rate would be 1.9%.) Rejections: 88.5% (91.2 days avg. per rejection) | 19.6% personal, 73.9% form, 6.5% unspecified Rewrite Requests: - Non-Responses (11.5%) Assumed Rejections: 7.7% (242 days avg. per assumed rejection without response) Author Withdrawals: 3.8% (46 days avg. per withdrawal by author) Other Information Most recent response reported was received on: 15 Apr 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 17 Mar 2008
Awards, "Best of" Annuals, etc.
Work published has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following: O. Henry Prize
Market Added: 11 Feb 2006 Last Updated: 11 Apr 2008 Last Checked: 06 May 2008

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