Thank you so much for your interest in Nashville Review! We're excited to read your work.
We accept submissions in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Translations two times a year: September and January. Please see the categories below for specific submission guidelines. If you are unable to view Poetry or Fiction as an option to submit, that means we have reached our submission cap and are no longer accepting submissions in that category.
We review submissions for Literary Comics and Featured Art year-round -- you can submit Comics below.
FEATURED ARTIST GUIDELINES
We will consider 1-2 Featured Artists per issue. Each contributing artist will be paid $100. We generally showcase up to 6-14 pieces per artist, depending on how many artists are to be featured in a given issue. We prefer submissions in landscape/horizontal orientation. Once selections have been made, a number of pieces will be cropped to dimensions of 1492×682 to be used as banners for the Section pages on our website (check out our current issue for examples); original dimensions for pieces showcased on the actual Featured Art page can be flexible.
Please send us a cover letter including a short bio and brief artist’s statement, along with a selection of 12-18 pieces (original dimensions only) as attachments to thenashvillereview@gmail.com. Please be sure to include “NR Art Submission” in the subject line of your email.
Thank you for trusting us with your work.
We consider short stories and novel excerpts up to 7,000 words, flash fiction up to 1,000 words each, micro under 500 words. Please submit no more than 3 stories in one issue cycle. All submissions should be in PDF format.
We accept simultaneous submissions. Please indicate if this is a simultaneous submission in your cover letter.
Regarding the Use of Generative AI: The editors neither seek nor accept work made in whole or in part by generative AI.
We consider submissions of 1-6 poems (no more than 10 pages total) in one document. All work should be submitted in PDF format.
We accept simultaneous submission. Please indicate in your cover letter if this is a simultaneous submission.
Regarding the Use of Generative AI: The editors neither seek nor accept work made in whole or in part by generative AI.
We consider creative nonfiction across the spectrum: memoir excerpts, essays, imaginative meditations, etc. All work should be submitted in PDF format and should not exceed 8,000 words.
We allow simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter whether or not this is a simultaneous submission.
And, we allow multiple submissions (up to two) in each genre per issue.
Regarding the Use of Generative AI: The editors neither seek nor accept work made in whole or in part by generative AI.
We consider contemporary writing that is currently unavailable to English-language readers: pieces that have been published in their original language, but are previously unpublished in English.
Please send prose pieces up to 8,000 words or a maximum of two poems from the same author. You must have permission, in-writing, from the rights holder to translate before you submit.
We're seeking anything from one-page comics to excerpts from graphic novels.
We accept simultaneous submissions. Please indicate if this is a simultaneous submission in your cover letter.
Regarding the Use of Generative AI: The editors neither seek nor accept work made in whole or in part by generative AI.