We welcome your submissions!
(See below for guidelines and then even further below for the "Submit" buttons for each type of contribution.)
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONCE PER READING PERIOD.
All submissions will be considered for the print edition or TSR Online.
If you would like to support the work we do at TSR, please purchase a subscription. If you are submitting work, a subscription entitles you to one free submission per reading period.
Single Issue Subscription: $18
1-Year Subscription (2 issues): $29
PAY RATES
We are proud to pay our contributors. For poetry, prose, and illustrations, the honorarium is between $75 and $300.
Alas, we are unable to pay current or former (past 3 years) employees/students of any CUNY or SUNY institution.
READING PERIODS
September 15 – October 15
January 17 – February 17
We encourage submissions from unpublished authors. We’re interested in voice-driven writing that takes risks with structure and content.
We urge all of those who submit work to read copies of TSR or visit TSR Online or thesouthamptonreview.com for a better understanding of our editorial range.
FICTION
- We accept short stories and novel excerpts.
- 5,000 words max.
- Flash Fiction is welcome!
POETRY
- 5 poems max per submission (print and TSR Online).
NONFICTION
- We accept creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, traditional essay, and hybrid forms.
- 5,000 words max.
FINE ART | PHOTOGRAPHY | ILLUSTRATION | GRAPHIC STORY | COMIC
Artwork should conform to the following specifications:
- 10 images max.
- Raster-based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay).
- All files should be in CMYK color mode.
- We accept short stories and novel excerpts.
- 5,000 words max.
- Flash Fiction is welcome.
All submissions will be considered for print or online at the editor's discretion.
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONCE PER READING PERIOD.
- We accept creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, traditional essay, and hybrid forms.
- 5,000 words max.
All submissions will be considered for print or online at the editor's discretion.
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONCE PER READING PERIOD.
5 poems max per submission.
All submissions will be considered for print or online at the editor's discretion.
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONCE PER READING PERIOD.
Art submissions include: photography, painting, illustration, graphic fiction/nonfiction, comics, and cartoons.
Artwork should conform to the following specifications:
- 10 images max.
- Raster-based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay).
All files should be in CMYK color mode.
All submissions are considered for print or online at the editor's discretion.
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONCE PER READING PERIOD.
Please submit only once per reading period.
Submitting is free to Stony Brook University MFA in Creative Writing students and alums, as well as for subscribers.
Of course, you are welcome to support our literary and artistic endeavors by purchasing a copy of TSR.
Raster-based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7" wide at least (larger is OK).
All files should be in CMYK color mode.