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Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction [1]

Basic Information
State: 
Utah
Website: 
https://fourthgenre.org [2]
Country: 
United States
Submission Guidelines: 
https://fourthgenre.org/submit [3]
Address: 
4198 JFSB
Address (line 2): 
Brigham Young University
City: 
Provo
Zip / Postal Code: 
84602
Contact Information
Patrick Madden and
Joey Franklin
Editors in Chief
Contact E-mail: 
4thgenre@gmail.com [4]
Details
Formats: 
Digital
Print
Payment: 
Cash
Genres Published: 
Creative Nonfiction
Charges Reading Fee: 
Yes
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Reading Periods: 
Sep 1 to Nov 30
Jan 1 to Mar 15
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
$45 ($40 digital, $26 student)

Fourth Genre is devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in literary (creative) nonfiction, and the editors are especially looking to provide space to voices less seldom heard from in literary publications.

Please write for sample back issues (or check out samples on our website) in order to become familiar with the journal. We accept only previously unpublished work. We think of the genre as flexible, fluid, and expansive, and so we’re looking for essays in any variety—lyrical, familiar, personal, nature, environmental, travel, and especially graphic. We’re particularly interested in essays that reflect intersections of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, dis/ability, among others.

Representative Authors: 
<p>Jill Talbot, Sheryl St. Germain, Matthew Gavin Frank, Julie Marie Wade, Nick Neeley, Pablo Pinero Stillman, Kathryn Winograd, Dawn Davies, Leslie Jill Patterson, Sarah Beth Childers, Brenda Miller, Ira Sukrunguang, Sean Enfield, Desirae Matherly, Sonya Huber</p>
Issues per Year: 
2
Year Founded: 
1999
Distributors: 
Michigan State University Press
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published: 
1% to 5%
Issue Price: 
$34
Number of Debut Authors per Issue: 
Roughly 20-40%
Less than 1,000
Subgenres: 
Experimental [5]
Graphic/Illustrated [6]
Humor [7]
LGBTQ Voices [8]
Lyric Essay [9]
Narrative Nonfiction [10]
Nature/Environmental [11]
Nonfiction [12]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/fourth_genre_explorations_in_nonfiction

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/fourth_genre_explorations_in_nonfiction [2] https://fourthgenre.org [3] https://fourthgenre.org/submit [4] mailto:4thgenre@gmail.com [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/graphic-illustrated [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/humor [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [9] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17191 [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nature-environmental [12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nonfiction