submissions
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Guidelines
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Email your submissions to sturgeonreview@gmail.com in .pdf form. Up to 3 pieces of any genre (see below for further specificities) may be submitted per submission. Include a 25-50 word author’s bio written in the third person that will be published along with your piece in the Sturgeon Review. The subject line should be as follows: [First and Last Name].
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If your submission does not adhere to the guidelines we have provided, it will be rejected.
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We at the Sturgeon Review believe that creativity knows no bounds and certainly cannot be limited by a ‘genre,’ so if you think that your piece is a perfect fit for us in a genre that is not listed below, feel free to include it in your submission!
(While we won’t discriminate against lengthier pieces, we ask it is roughly around the parameters listed below. We want your weird and punchy pieces.)
Poetry
About 500 words or less. Prose poetry is welcome.
Fiction
About 2,000 words or less. Flash fiction pieces are welcome and looked favorably upon.
Nonfiction
About 2,000 words or less. Essays, interviews, and profiles are also welcome. This is not a place to submit your research papers- please do your best to adhere to our creative mission.
Dramatic Writing
10-15 pages or less. Dramatic writing encapsulates both screenwriting and playwriting.
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Particulars
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General
- Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please notify us of your submission withdrawal immediately via email (preferably on the same thread).
- You may submit as many times as you want per cycle, meaning that if you receive a rejection, you may resubmit! However, please avoid sending edited versions of work we already have rejected.
- At this time, we cannot afford to pay our contributors. This being said, there is no submission fee to submit to the Sturgeon Review.
- Unsolicited pieces submitted between reading periods will be disregarded.
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The Response
- Please allow a two to six weeks response period, although we tend to respond at the earlier end. After six weeks have passed, you may send an inquiry about your piece(s)!
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The Do’s
- Adhere to the theme (The degree to which the theme is included may vary per submission, but it will be in your interest to do so!)
- With the utilization of your best judgement, we request that submissions include a graphic/distressing theme warning.
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The Don’ts
- Instances of racism, misogyny, ableism, transphobia, homophobia, anti-semitism, xenophobia, and anything that is perceived as discriminatory will not be tolerated.
- Gratuitous descriptions of sex.
- Plagiarism is not only an act of copyright infringement but also an ethical violation. Thus, all plagiarized work will be reported and the rightful owners will be notified.
Rights and Reprints
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Upon acceptance, we ask that the Sturgeon Review be the first place your piece is displayed for the internet to consume. After publication, the rights revert back to you, the author, but we ask that the Sturgeon Review be credited as its initial publication in the future- this includes in other literary magazines, reviews, in your chapbooks, and in anthologies! This being said, the Sturgeon Review reserves the right to republish your work (with credit) in future anthologies and projects!
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Additionally, the Sturgeon Review nominates for the following anthologies: Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction.
