Submissions will be accepted February 1-28, 2011
General Guidelines
Submissions must be 1200 words or less. There is no entry fee. Ron Carlson, celebrated author of four novels and five short story collections, will be the final judge. The Kenyon Review will publish the winning short story in the Winter 2012 issue, and the author will be awarded a scholarship to attend the 2011 Writers Workshop, June 18th-25th, in Gambier, Ohio.
Submission Guidelines
- Writers must be 30 years of age or younger at the time of submission.
- Stories must be no more than 1200 words in length.
- One submission per entrant.
- Please do not simultaneously submit your contest entry to another magazine or contest.
- The submissions link will be active February 1st to February 28th. All work must be submitted through our electronic system. We cannot accept paper submissions.
- Winners will be announced in the late spring. You will receive an e-mail notifying you of any decisions regarding your work.
- For submissions, we accept the following file formats only:
- .PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
- .DOC (Microsoft Word)
- .RTF (Rich Text Format)
- .TXT (Microsoft Wordpad and Notepad, Apple TextEdit
Submissions!
The reading period begins September 15 and ends January 15. Review of submissions takes up to four months. Thank you for your patience
The Kenyon Review now takes online submissions. The benefits of online submission include:
- you save the time and expense of mailing submissions
- you can check the status of your submission
- quicker response time from editors
Before signing up, we encourage you to read our guidelines to get a better understanding of the type of work we read. You are also encouraged to read back issues of our magazine to see the quality and range of work that we accept. Back issues can be purchased online. For convenience, you can also order a subscription online.
To use The Kenyon Review's online submission, first-time users must set up an account where you enter your contact information. If you already have an account, please log in below.