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Brevity

Brevity
Forms: 
Non-Fiction
Format: 
Print
Frequency: 
Semiannual
Reading period: 
January 1 to December 31
Response time: 
1 - 6 months
Payment: 
$26 - $100
Simultaneous submissions: 
Yes
Accepts reprints: 
No
Reading fee: 
Yes
Founded: 
1997
Website: 
http://brevitymag.com/

For more than a decade now, Brevity has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form, along with craft essays and book reviews. Though still committed to the mission of publishing new writers, Brevity has enjoyed an embarrassment of recent riches, including the work of two Pulitzer prize finalists, numerous NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Egypt, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, and Japan. Authors published in Brevity include Sherman Alexie, Lia Purpura, Terese Svoboda, John Calderazzo, Steven Barthelme, Mark Yakich, Caitlin Horrocks, Jon Pineda, Brenda Miller, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Robin Hemley, Lee Martin, Rebecca McClanahan, Robin Behn, Abby Frucht, Barbara Hurd, Bret Lott, Ira Sukrungruang, Rigoberto González, Judith Kitchen, Michael Martone, and Diana Hume George.

Work from Brevity has been anthologized and reprinted in venues including Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Utne Reader, the Short Takes anthology, the Best Creative Nonfiction anthology from W.W. Norton, and many recent writing textbooks. Robert Atwan's Best American Essays 2006 cites Creative Nonfiction's Best of Brevity issue as one of the five notable special issues of the year.

Recent Reviews

Creative Nonfiction Mag Shines With Diverse and Powerful Voices
Fall 2016 review by Nicholas Olson
Never Judge a Journal by Its Word Count
Fall 2011 review by Katie Muggli

Recent Interviews

Nonfiction Narratives in Under 750 Words: a Literary Challenge That Reaps Rewards
Interview with Dinty Moore

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