There isn’t a clear public response-time figure for Newlea specifically in the results I found, so the safest answer is that it may vary by publication and submission queue. For context, short-story markets commonly reply anywhere from a week to several months, and many editors advise checking the submission guidelines or waiting at least a few weeks before following up.

What the public results suggest

  • Some venues respond very quickly, sometimes within a week, with follow-up only after about two weeks.
  • Others set a standard window of around six weeks.
  • In broader fiction-publishing advice, 3–6 months is often treated as a normal waiting period for many markets.

Practical takeaway

If Newlea did not publish an exact response window in its guidelines, a reasonable expectation is anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, depending on volume and editorial pace. If you want the most accurate answer, the submission guidelines or the editors’ stated turnaround time would be the key source, but I couldn’t verify a Newlea-specific timeline from the available public results.

TL;DR

Treat it as a variable wait , not a fixed deadline: some places answer in a week, many in 4–6 weeks, and some take 3+ months.