There are two ways to submit your work to The Paris Review: via the online platform Submittable, and by mail.
We accept poetry submissions via Submittable in the months of January, April, July, and October, and prose submissions via Submittable in February, June, and October, until we reach capacity.
We accept hard-copy submissions of both prose and poetry by mail all year round. We ask that you include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your mailed submission. (Do not send us original copies of your work. If you would like us to send back your manuscript, please ensure that it fits in the self-addressed stamped envelope.) Please mail your manuscript to:
[“Prose Editor” or “Poetry Editor”]
The Paris Review
544 West 27th Street, Floor 3
New York, NY 10001
We do not accept unsolicited art submissions.
All submissions must be in English and must be previously unpublished in print or online, including on Substacks or blogs. We occasionally publish excerpts of longer works, but strongly prefer that no excerpt of the same work has appeared elsewhere.
Please find below a list of commonly asked questions regarding our unsolicited-submissions process, along with their answers.
Do you read the unsolicited submissions you receive?
Yes. Our team of dedicated readers ensures that all our submissions, both digital and hard-copy, are considered carefully and responded to.
Do you ever publish unsolicited submissions?
Yes. In fact, such household names as Yiyun Li and Philip Roth were first discovered in our slush pile (see, respectively, “Immortality” in issue no. 167, and “The Conversion of the Jews” in issue no. 18). More recently, we’ve published Avigayl Sharp’s “Uncontrollable, Irrelevant,” a story we received in the mail, in issue no. 242, as well as several essays on The Paris Review Daily. Many of the poems we publish arrive to us unsolicited. We are in direct, ongoing contact with various writers whose names first crossed our desks through unsolicited submissions, and whose work we asked to see more of in response to their initial entry. This is how we came to publish, for example, Chad Fore’s “Lil Spooky” in issue no. 256 and Brian Ma’s “Their Utopia” in issue no. 257.
How long should I expect to wait for a response?
Given the high volume of submissions we receive, our response time averages three to six months.
Do you accept translations?
Yes. Translations are welcome. They should be accompanied by a copy of the original text, and the piece should be previously unpublished in the English language. We ask that you secure exclusive permission to publish your translation from the author, estate, or publisher in possession of the rights to the text before you submit it to us.
Do you permit simultaneous submissions?
Yes—but please notify us immediately if any part of your submission is accepted for publication elsewhere.
Is there anything specific you’re looking for?
No. We are looking for the best new writing out there. The most effective way to get a sense of what we like is by reading the magazine: we encourage you to subscribe.
Is there a word limit?
No. However, we ask that you limit your submissions to no more than six poems, and no more than forty pages of prose. We also ask that you do not submit again before your previous submission has received a response from us.
Your submissions manager says it has reached capacity. Can I still submit my work?
Yes. We accept hard-copy submissions year-round by mail.
Is there anything I shouldn’t submit?
Do not submit writing generated, modified, edited, translated, or in any way assisted by a large language model or any other form of generative artificial intelligence. If you are submitting a project that makes overt use of AI as a creative component of your work, please include a note expressly acknowledging the program’s purpose therein.
Otherwise, simply send us your best work.