Hi! Thank you for considering submitting to us. Here's some useful information to know before you do.
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, options to purchase a discounted subscription or issue are available with your submission.
Discounted Single Issue: $12 (regular price: $15)
Discounted 1-Year Subscription (2 issues): $22 (regular price: $25)
Discounted 2-Year Subscription (4 issues): $40 (regular price: $45)
PAY RATES
We pay our print contributors.
Prose: $100+
Poetry: $75 per poem
Illustration: $100 per page
Art Portfolios: $200 for up to 12 images
Exceptions: TSR Online contributors receive a free one-year subscription.
We are unable to pay current or former (past 3 years) employees/students of any CUNY or SUNY institution.
READING PERIODS
August 1 – September 1
January 1 – February 1
We encourage submissions from unpublished authors.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 in order to have a better idea of our editorial range.
FICTION
- We accept short stories and novel excerpts.
- 7,500 words max.
- Flash Fiction is welcome!
POETRY
- 5 poems max per submission (print and TSR Online).
NONFICTION
- We accept creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, and traditional essay.
- 7,500 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.
The TSR Nonfiction Prize
"You are your material."
(Formerly the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize)
Submissions open: January 1 @ midnight
Submissions close: February 1 @ midnight
1st Prize: $1,000
2nd Prize: $500
Both winners will be published in the Winter/Spring issue of TSR.
Everyone who submits will receive a copy of the issue in which the winning entries are published.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Above all, we want a story. Give us voice, plot, tensions, humor, pathos, you name it. But be sure to tell us a story.
GUIDELINES
– No more than 4,500 words.
– One submission per author.
– Submission must be unpublished.
– $15 per submission.
– Your name should not appear on any pages of your submission.
- We accept short stories and novel excerpts.
- 7,500 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.