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St. Petersburg Review

Box 2888

Concord, NH 03302

E-mail: editors<at>stpetersburgreview<dot>com

Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Online submissions: yes (see website) Reading period: 9/1-1/15 Response time: max 6 months from end of reading period Payment: copies and honorarium Contests: yes, see website ISSN: 1935-9918 Founded: 2006 Issues per year: 1 Copy price: $15 Average pages: 200+ Sample price (postpaid): Free sample (one issue) to libraries Subscription (1 year): $12 + postage (on web)

Publisher’s description: St. Petersburg Review is an annual independent international review of contemporary literature that seeks to support global connections and affinities through publishing quality fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama from established and emerging writers of all countries. The journal is a nonprofit corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) public charity status.

I applaud the St. Petersburg Review for its focus on well-written international writing, and I encourage readers and writers to discover the international literary community within its pages. -- Rachel King, NewPages (December 2008).

…[T]his is a solid collection of writing that lives up to the creators’ expectations: “a unique aesthetic, singular in its expression yet collective in spirit.” -- Corey J. Murray, The Literary Magazine Review

Recent issues:

Issue 3, with its 280 pages, 44 writers, and 15 translators, is the largest issue so far. Contributors include: Bella Akmadulina, Polina Barskova, Melvin Jules Bukiet, Vahni Capildeo, Eugene Dubnov, CB Follett, Ikya Kukulin, Tatiana Moseeva, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, D. Nurkse, Jia Pingwa, Vyacheslav Pyetsuka, Dawn Raffel, Anthony Swofford, Can Tan, Catherine Texier, Floarea Tutuianu, Xu Xiaobin, Mu Xin, and Olga Zondberg.