Call for Submissions: The Westchester Review

We are currently open for submissions in all categories.

Our prose portal (for fiction, nonfiction and plays) will close on June 1 and reopen in the Fall. Please read guidelines below, then send us your best work!

The Westchester Review considers previously unpublished stories, creative nonfiction, poems, and ten-minute plays by established and emerging writers wherever they reside. We exclusively publish online issues now.

We welcome submissions from a diverse range of writers, including voices and perspectives that have historically been underrepresented in the literary sphere. Westchester authors are spotlighted in every issue. Past contributors are welcome to submit again.

FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS

Thank you for considering The Westchester Review as a possible home for your work. Submissions are free. We consider simultaneous submissions, but kindly notify us if a piece has been accepted elsewhere. Please include a cover letter that lists word count along with your name, address, phone number, and email address. If you have a connection to Westchester County, please note it in the applicable field in Submittable.

PROSE (FICTION AND CREATIVE NONFICTION)

Please submit only one piece at a time and wait until you have received a response regarding your submission before submitting more work to us. All fiction and nonfiction submissions must be double-spaced and should be no longer than 5,000 words. We do not publish excerpts from novels unless they are self-standing.

POETRY

We like to publish an eclectic mix of poems in each issue, and we look for carefully crafted poems that use language in unexpected ways. We publish both free verse and poems that adhere to forms. To get a good idea of what we like to publish, be sure to read our online quarterly issues.

Please submit 3-5 poems that represent your best work in one Word .doc or .docx file (please do not submit a .pdf). Use Times New Roman size 12 font and begin each poem on a new page. Do not underline titles or put them in bold.

Remember to proofread your work carefully so that it looks the way you would like it to appear. If your poem(s) require special formatting, we may not be able to accommodate them in our online issues, but we will try our best!

We look forward to reading your work!

PLAYS

We will consider only 10-minute plays. Longer works will not be read.

Submittable link.