Submission Period:
The submission period is open until November 30th.
Submission Guidelines:
We accept fiction, nonfiction, visual art, and poetry of all flavors, from free verse to found.
All texts should use 12-point New Roman font and be double spaced. Poetry may be single spaced. Text file attachments may be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .rtf.
Do not submit to more than 2 categories at the same time.
Please include proper MLA citations for all quotations.
Please note that we do not accept previously published material, and neither are we interested in profanity, gratuitous violence, or erotic material. However, we do accept material that was published on personal blogs and personal online art portfolios.
Simultaneous submissions:
Yes. Just let us know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Response time:
2 months on average.
Payment:
No. At this time we do not offer payment for submissions. All rights revert to the author upon publication. We take First Electronic Publishing Rights and reserve the right to keep your work in an online archive.
Electronic submissions:
Yes.
Visit our facebook page to get additional information on what we are currently looking for in each issue.
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The submission period is open until November 30th.
Submission Guidelines:
We accept fiction, nonfiction, visual art, and poetry of all flavors, from free verse to found.
All texts should use 12-point New Roman font and be double spaced. Poetry may be single spaced. Text file attachments may be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .rtf.
- Fiction and Nonfiction: Entries should not exceed ten pages in length. Limit of 2 entries per submission.
- Poetry: Limit of 5 poems per submission.
- Visual Art and Photographs: Limit of 3 entries per submission. Entries should be high resolution and submitted as a .jpeg or .gif.
Do not submit to more than 2 categories at the same time.
Please include proper MLA citations for all quotations.
Please note that we do not accept previously published material, and neither are we interested in profanity, gratuitous violence, or erotic material. However, we do accept material that was published on personal blogs and personal online art portfolios.
Simultaneous submissions:
Yes. Just let us know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Response time:
2 months on average.
Payment:
No. At this time we do not offer payment for submissions. All rights revert to the author upon publication. We take First Electronic Publishing Rights and reserve the right to keep your work in an online archive.
Electronic submissions:
Yes.
- Send all submissions to youngravensliteraryreview@gmail.com.
- Specify your name and submission genre in the title. Example: Poetry Submission – Anna Jones
- All identifying information should be in the body of the email, including a brief author bio (50-100 words) and contact information.
- Please do not include any identifying information in your attachment or your works will not be considered for publication.
Visit our facebook page to get additional information on what we are currently looking for in each issue.
*Check out our interview on Six Questions!
Issue 7 Call for Submissions:
So Long, Farewell
So Long, Farewell
In Issue 7, we are delving into the theme “So long, Farewell.” Ideas we would love to see explored include:
Submissions will be accepted until November 30th, 2017.
- Burying old ways of thinking for new ways of being and believing in ourselves.
- Exploring memories of our last interactions with people and places both loved and loathed, and how they influenced us.
- Imagining the final places and people we would visit, and the crazy things we would do if we knew it was our last day on Earth.
- Learning how to let go; what to keep and what to leave behind?
- Chasing time: exploring how we compartmentalize existence into natural cycles from night to day, season to season, to the end of time-keeping itself.
- Questioning all that we are from youth to old age.
- Pondering how being forced to say goodbye again and again changes and challenges our human nature.
Submissions will be accepted until November 30th, 2017.
