## Background The New Yorker was founded in 1925 by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, initially conceived as a sophisticated humor and culture weekly for New York readers. Under editors including Ross, William Shawn, and later Tina Brown and David Remnick, it evolved into arguably the most prestigious general-interest venue for short fiction and poetry in American publishing, alongside its renowned journalism, criticism, and cartoons. The magazine's fiction and poetry pages have published or serialized work by a vast range of major 20th- and 21st-century writers, including J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, and Raymond Carver, and a New Yorker fiction or poetry credit is widely regarded as one of the most significant placements a writer can achieve. Unlike the other journals here, it is a weekly general-interest magazine rather than a dedicated literary quarterly, publishing one story and a small number of poems per issue among its broader content. ## Submissions - Poetry: submitted via Submittable only, up to six poems per submission in a single document; should not be original poems previously published elsewhere; submissions limited to twice per twelve-month period; response time around six months. - Fiction: submissions are read on a rolling basis; response window is roughly ninety days, and the magazine only contacts writers if interested in publishing the piece — no response after ninety days should be read as a pass. - Both fiction and poetry: simultaneous submissions are permitted provided the magazine is notified promptly if accepted elsewhere. - Translations are considered for poetry if the piece has not previously appeared in English translation. Poetry submission manager: [newyorker.submittable.com/submit](https://newyorker.submittable.com/submit)