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Chestnut Review

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About the magazine

Chestnut Review is a literary journal founded in 2018 with the conviction that poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction should be both accessible and uncompromising in craft. Based in the United States, it publishes quarterly issues online and in print, and since 2020 has extended its mission through the Chestnut Review Chapbook Series. The journal’s ethos is one of editorial care: each accepted piece receives close attention, and contributors are paid, a rarity among independent literary magazines. Its chapbook series, typically open to poets and prose writers, reflects a commitment to sustaining mid-career and emerging voices beyond the single poem or story.

Editorial focus

Chestnut Review is an international magazine and chapbook press that craves narrative work in all genres. Their sixty-plus staff members collaborate to produce quarterly issues while privileging paying artists and compensating readers and editors.

PoetryFictionCreative Nonfiction

Submitting your work

Reading periodJan 1 to Dec 31
Reading feeYes
PaymentCash
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsYes

Read several recent issues before submitting; the journal favors work that balances technical control with genuine feeling, and it is not the place for ironic detachment or workshop-default free verse. For chapbooks, send a cohesive manuscript (typically 20–30 pages of poetry or 40–60 pages of prose) that demonstrates a sustained thematic or formal inquiry. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify promptly if the work is placed elsewhere. Expect a response time of roughly 4–8 weeks for journal submissions and 8–12 weeks for chapbooks; query only after that window. Payment is modest but real, and contributors receive copies.

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