Call for Submissions: Colorado Review

  

• Fiction & poetry manuscripts are accepted from August 1 to March 31.

• Nonfiction manuscripts are accepted year-round.

• Book reviews are accepted August 1 through April 30.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted; writers must notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere.

If Colorado Review has published your work in the last two years, please refrain from submitting so that we may continue to feature new voices.

With the exception of book reviews, Colorado Review does not publish the work of CSU faculty (current or emeritus), staff, or students; CSU alumni may submit three years after their graduation.

We consider only previously unpublished work.

We accept translations of previously published or unpublished work. Upon submitting a translation, writers must provide proof of permission to translate.

Colorado Review purchases First North American Serial Rights; all rights revert to the author upon publication in CR. We pay our poets a flat fee of $100 and we pay $300 for short stories and essays. Authors also receive two copies of the issue in which they are published and a one-year subscription to CR.

We strongly encourage writers to be familiar with our magazine before submitting to it. Examples of work published in Colorado Review are posted on our website; sample copies of issues before Spring 2020 are also available for $10 each, including postage; issues beginning with Spring 2020 are $12 each, including postage.

Authors do NOT need to be residents of Colorado or the United States. If you are, however, a foreign national working in the United States, please check the conditions of your visa status with regard to receiving payment from entities other than your sponsor. Colorado State University cannot issue honoraria to foreign nationals with B1/WB, B2/WT, H-1B, or F-1 visas. A J-1 visa holder with a sponsor other than CSU must have written authorization from the Responsible Officer (RO) at their sponsoring institution prior to the activity.

Cover letters should provide the author’s name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available).

Manuscripts should be double-spaced, printed on one or both sides of the paper. We appreciate one-inch margins, 12-point type, and standard typefaces (e.g., Times New Roman). Please don’t send your only copy; we are not responsible for loss of or damage to your manuscript.

Please wait until you've received a response to your submission before submitting again.

Every single submission received at Colorado Review is read at least once. If two or more of our editorial assistants upvote a submission, it moves on to a genre editor, who will make the final decision to accept it. We have a large and talented editorial staff, and generally we respond within four months (and sometimes quicker). Please do not assume that we did not read your work just because you receive a response within a couple of weeks of having submitted to us. At the beginning of our reading period, for example, we are very quick, as we have fewer submissions to read. If, however, you submit during winter break, much of the staff is on vacation and response time may be longer. Similarly, if you submit close to the end of our reading period, we may not get to your submission until the fall. If you have not received a response from us after three months, you are welcome to call or e-mail about your submission.

Submit your work here.