Split Rock Review is an independent, online publication run by volunteers who love literature, art, and the wilderness.
We publish poetry, short creative nonfiction and fiction, comics, hybrids, visual poetry, interviews, book reviews, photography, and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- We only accept submissions via Submittable. Any submissions sent via email will be unread.
- We offer 100 free submissions during the reading period as well as GENERAL, TIP JAR, and EXPEDITED submission options for a nominal fee.
- We are particularly interested in work by people historically underrepresented in literary publishing: artists and writers who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming, LGBTQIA+, women, and other marginalized communities.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. However, please withdraw your work immediately should a piece you’ve submitted be accepted elsewhere. If you are withdrawing your entire submission, please log in to your Submittable account and click “Withdraw.” If you need to withdraw part of your submission, open it within Submittable and add a note indicating the pieces you'd like to withdraw. We cannot consider additional work in the place of withdrawn work.
- No manuscript edits or revisions will be considered during the reading period.
- We do not accept works of translation or previously published work for our journal issues (this includes personal blogs, social media posts, and personal websites).
- We accept collaborative works, but please provide the names of all the collaborators in your submission.
- For previous SRR contributors, please wait two years from the publication date of your work before submitting to us again. You know we love your work, but we want to give other writers and artists an opportunity to be published and showcased in SRR.
- If your work is accepted, you agree to give Split Rock Review First Electronic Rights and Archival Rights. You may republish your work without fee, but we ask that Split Rock Review is acknowledged as its place of initial publication.
- Unfortunately, we cannot pay our contributors; however, we do our best to promote our writers/artists and their work. Check out our Contributor Spotlight Series and Photic Zone Interview Serie
We welcome submissions of poetry, short creative nonfiction and fiction, graphic narratives, comics, hybrids, photography, and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
The Expedited submission option is an opportunity to support Split Rock Review and our role within the literary community. It also places your submission at the top of our reading queue. You can expect a response within two weeks.
There is no limit to the number of times that you can submit within this category per reading period, but please wait to receive a response from us before submitting again.
As an independent publication run by volunteers, your generous support helps defray our submission processing fees, hosting fees, and ongoing operational costs.
Please know that an Expedited submission does not guarantee publication.
POETRY
- Submit 3 to 5 poems; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each poem on a new page.
- Poems should be single-spaced, or how they should appear on the page.
SHORT CREATIVE NONFICTION <2,000 words
- Submit up to 2 short creative nonfiction stories; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each story on a new page.
- Double-space your manuscript, or how it should appear on the page.
- Each piece should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
SHORT FICTION <2,000 words
- Submit up to 2 short fiction stories; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- Fiction should be environmentally, ecologically, or place-based, which may address topics such as the relationship between natural settings and human communities that dwell within them, human impacts on the environment, cultural diaspora, climate change, reverence of and protection of nature, and more. Examples of short stories we enjoy: “The End of Old Horse” by Simon J. Ortiz; “The Siskiyou, July 1989” by T.C. Boyle; “The Wave” by Liam O’Flaherty; “A Mild Attack of Locusts” by Doris Lessing; “He-y, Come On Ou-t!” by Shinichi Hoshi; “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabel Allende.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each story on a new page.
- Double-space your manuscript, or how it should appear on the page.
- Each story should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
GRAPHIC NARRATIVES, COMICS, HYBRIDS, VISUAL POETRY
- Submit up to 5 graphic narratives, comic strips, hybrids, or visual poetry (whatever you want to call them).
- We accept JPG, PNG, and PDF file types.
- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work.
- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher resolution file for publication.
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
- Submit up to 5 photographs or pieces of artwork (painting, drawing, relief printing, etc.).
- We accept JPG and PNG file types.
- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work.
- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher resolution image for publication.
Submissions that do not follow our guidelines will not be considered for publication.
We welcome submissions of poetry, short creative nonfiction and short fiction, graphic narratives, comics, hybrids, photography, and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
The Tip Jar option is an opportunity to support Split Rock Review and our role within the literary community. As an independent publication run by volunteers, your generous support helps defray our submission processing fees, hosting fees, and ongoing operational costs.
There is no limit to the number of times that you can submit within this category per reading period, but we ask that you wait to receive a response from us before submitting again.
Please know that a Tip Jar submission does not guarantee publication.
POETRY
- Submit 3 to 5 poems; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each poem on a new page.
- Poems should be single-spaced, or how they should appear on the page.
SHORT CREATIVE NONFICTION <2,000 words
- Submit up to 2 short creative nonfiction stories; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each story on a new page.
- Double-space your manuscript, or how it should appear on the page.
- Each piece should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
SHORT FICTION <2,000 words
- Submit up to 2 short fiction stories; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- Fiction should be environmentally, ecologically, or place-based, which may address topics such as the relationship between natural settings and human communities that dwell within them, human impacts on the environment, cultural diaspora, climate change, reverence of and protection of nature, and more. Examples of short stories we enjoy: “The End of Old Horse” by Simon J. Ortiz; “The Siskiyou, July 1989” by T.C. Boyle; “The Wave” by Liam O’Flaherty; “A Mild Attack of Locusts” by Doris Lessing; “He-y, Come On Ou-t!” by Shinichi Hoshi; “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabel Allende.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each story on a new page.
- Double-space your manuscript, or how it should appear on the page.
- Each story should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
GRAPHIC NARRATIVES, COMICS, HYBRIDS, VISUAL POETRY
- Submit up to 5 graphic narratives, comic strips, hybrids, or visual poetry (whatever you want to call them).
- We accept JPG, PNG, and PDF file types.
- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work.
- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher resolution file for publication.
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
- Submit up to 5 photographs or pieces of artwork (painting, drawing, relief printing, etc.).
- We accept JPG and PNG file types.
- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work.
- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher resolution image for publication.
Submissions that do not follow our guidelines will not be considered for publication.
We welcome submissions of poetry, short creative nonfiction and short fiction, graphic narratives, comics, hybrids, photography, and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
POETRY
- Submit 3 to 5 poems; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each poem on a new page.
- Poems should be single-spaced, or how they should appear on the page.
SHORT CREATIVE NONFICTION <2,000 words
- Submit up to 2 short creative nonfiction stories; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each story on a new page.
- Double-space your manuscript, or how it should appear on the page.
- Each piece should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
SHORT FICTION <2,000 words
- Submit up to 2 short fiction stories; format and submit as a single document.
- Include your name, email address, and genre at the top of the first page of your submission.
- Fiction should be environmentally, ecologically, or place-based, which may address topics such as the relationship between natural settings and human communities that dwell within them, human impacts on the environment, cultural diaspora, climate change, reverence of and protection of nature, and more. Examples of short stories we enjoy: “The End of Old Horse” by Simon J. Ortiz; “The Siskiyou, July 1989” by T.C. Boyle; “The Wave” by Liam O’Flaherty; “A Mild Attack of Locusts” by Doris Lessing; “He-y, Come On Ou-t!” by Shinichi Hoshi; “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabel Allende.
- We accept Word doc, docx, PDF file types.
- Begin each story on a new page.
- Double-space your manuscript, or how it should appear on the page.
- Each story should not exceed 2,000 words in length.
GRAPHIC NARRATIVES, COMICS, HYBRIDS, VISUAL POETRY
- Submit up to 5 graphic narratives, comic strips, hybrids, or visual poetry (whatever you want to call them).
- We accept JPG, PNG, and PDF file types.
- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work.
- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher resolution file for publication.
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
- Submit up to 5 photographs or pieces of artwork (painting, drawing, relief printing, etc.).
- We accept JPG and PNG file types.
- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work.
- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher resolution image for publication.
Submissions that do not follow our guidelines will not be considered for publication.