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ZYZZYVA [1]

Basic Information

State:

California

Website:

https://zyzzyva.org [2]

Country:

United States

Submission Guidelines:

https://zyzzyva.org/about/submissions [3]

Address:

57 Post Street

Address (line 2):

Suite 902

City:

San Francisco

Zip / Postal Code:

94104

Contact Information

Oscar

Villalon

Editor

Contact E-mail:

oscar@zyzzyva.org [4]

Details

Formats:

Online

Payment:

Cash

Genres Published:

Poetry

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

Translation

Charges Reading Fee:

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Yes

Reading Periods:

Jan 1 to May 31

Sep 1 to Nov 30

Response Time:

3 to 6 months

$42 for 3 issues, student rate $37 for 3 issues

ZYZZYVA is an award-winning independent San Francisco literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art by the best writers, poets, translators, and artists from the Bay Area, California, the West Coast—and beyond. 2025 marks ZYZZYVA’s 40th anniversary.

Representative Authors:

Rebecca Solnit, Héctor Tobar, Carl Phillips, Lydia Kiesling, Tommy Orange, Ruth Madievsky, Lou Mathews, Lori Ostlund, Kaveh Akbar, Jessica Francis Kane, Peter Orner, Yohanca Delgado, Octavio Solis, Glen David Gold, Victoria Chang, James Cagney, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Matthew Zapruder, Amy Tan, Vanessa Hua, 'Pemi Aguda, Colin Winnette, Tom Bissell, and Rita Bullwinkel.

Issues per Year:

Year Founded:

1985

Distributors:

Small Changes

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

1% to 5%

Issue Price:

$17

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

1-2

5,000 to 10,000

Subgenres:

Literary Fiction [5]

Temporarily closed to submissions