The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object.
There are book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and that are very often very long.
There are interviews that are also very long. We will focus on writers and books we like. We will give people and books the benefit of the doubt.
The working title of this magazine was The Optimist.
Note:
Poetry submissions should be sent directly to poetry@believermag.com
Pitches!
The Believer will consider unsolicited pitches for nonfiction essays, reviews and interviews. Please do not send fiction.
General inquiries, along with query letters, are accepted here.
If you have a manuscript, interview or review to UPLOAD please use the submission options below.
Please include clips or a brief publication history.
Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, please allow up to three months for a reply to unsolicited manuscripts or queries.
Essay Submissions
The Believer will consider unsolicited nonfiction manuscripts and pitches. Please do not send fiction.
Please include clips or a brief publication history.
Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, please allow up to three months for a reply to unsolicited manuscripts or queries.
Interview Submissions
Interview submissions should be submitted here.
Please include clips or a brief publication history.
Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, please allow up to three months for a reply to unsolicited manuscripts or queries.
Review Submissions
Review submissions should be submitted here.
We will consider both pitches and completed reviews.
We review books of all types, as well as non-literary items with some interesting linguistic element. Timeliness is not a requirement.
Please include clips and a brief publication history.
Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, please allow up to three months for a reply to unsolicited reviews or pitches. We may not be able to reply to submissions of things to be reviewed.