Submission Periods:  June 1 to July 31 | October 1 to November 30 

We accept submissions for previously unpublished short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and hybrid texts.

Send your most polished work to theromereviewlit[at]gmail[dot]com completed with an 80-words-long, third-person bio. We will accept submissions in a .docx file only, titled “GENRE_TITLE_LAST NAME”. Please also write “GENRE_TITLE_LAST NAME“ in the subject of your email. Include your social media links, handles and whatnot. This prevents us from looking for you online and possibly tagging the wrong person on Instagram as we promote your work.

We do accept translations, in English, in all categories. Be sure to secure translation rights before submitting to us. Include the original version in the submission.

If your work is accepted, we will ask you for a high quality photo portrait and/or an original artwork to attach to your work. Do not send this to us upon submission.

Writers from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to submit.

AI generated work will not be considered, both in text and visual art.

We are not (yet) a paying market.

We will not publish the same author twice. 

FICTION/CREATIVE NONFICTION: one to three thousand words. We are above genre, so feel free to amaze. Novel excerpts are accepted. Please include “TITLE_WORD COUNT_GENRE” in the header of your .docx file. Times new roman, 12 point font size, double spaced is preferable.

FLASH FICTION: one to three hundred words. We are above genre, so feel free to amaze. Please include “TITLE_WORD COUNT_GENRE” in the header of your .docx file. Times new roman, 12 point font size, double spaced is preferable.

POETRY: up to 6 poems of whatever length and style. Please include “TITLE_GENRE” in the header of your .docx file. Times new roman, 12 point font size is preferable.

HYBRID: Anything that dares to err so far from the boundaries of narrative that even the term experimental becomes meaningless. Please include “TITLE_WORD COUNT_GENRE” in the header of your .docx file. Times new roman, 12 point font size is preferable.

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