Brevity

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Genres Published: 
Creative Nonfiction
Representative Authors: 
Abigail Thomas, Lia Purpura, Roxane Gay, Diane Seuss, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Steven Barthelme, Ander Monson, Caitlin Horrocks,Brenda Miller, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Matthew Gavin Frank, Lee Martin, Rebecca McClanahan, Abby Frucht, Barbara Hurd, Bret Lott, Ira Sukrungruang, Rigoberto González, Judith Kitchen, Michael Martone, Jenny Boully
Formats: 
Online
Reading Period: 
Sep 1 to May 1
Response Time: 
Less than 3 months
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Number of Debut Authors per Issue: 
1-2
Payment: 
Cash
Issues per Year: 
3
Circulation: 
Greater than 10,000

Editorial Focus

Brevity publishes well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form. They have featured work from Pulitzer prize winners and finalists, many NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Egypt, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, Qatar, and Japan. They have also featured numerous previously unpublished authors and take a special joy in helping to launch a new literary career.

Tips From the Editor

Everything is dialed up in a shorter piece. You need to move in and out of scene quickly, you need to introduce language, diction, and rhythm immediately, and you need to establish place, character, and often voice right away. The first paragraph of a brief essay has to do what the first chapter of a memoir does.

Contact Information

Dinty W. Moore, Editor
Brevity c/o Dinty W. Moore
128 Campbell Avenue
Havertown
PA
19083
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Last updated: Jan 18, 2024