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Submission guidelines
Reading Period: The Sucarnochee Review will be reviewing submissions year-round.
Response Time: We strive for six months, but responses may be expected sooner depending on submission volume. Postal mail submitters please allow an additional two weeks in response time.
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes. However, please tell us immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.
Previously Published Work: The Sucarnochee Review is only interested in new and original pieces. Previously published works will not appear in the upcoming edition.
Back to Back Submissions: As soon as an author is notified of a decision, he or she may submit another piece.
Pay Rate: There is currently no pay rate for general submissions. However, contests will award a monetary prize.
Content and Subject Matter: The Sucarnochee Review accepts stories of all genres. However, please refrain from submissions containing overly explicit content or excessive gore.
How to Submit: While we prefer email submissions, we do currently accept paper submissions as well. All postal submissions should be addressed to:
The Sucarnochee Review
Dr. Boudreau, Faculty Advisor
UWA Station 22
Livingston, Alabama 35470
Online Submissions should be emailed to: sucarnocheereview@uwa.edu.
All postal submissions please include a SASE for responses. All email submissions will be notified via email.
what we accept
Poetry: Submit no more than 5 poems as a single document. There should be a page break between each poem and the poet's name and contact information should appear at the top of every page. For postal mail submissions, please include a cover letter that includes a brief bio.
Fiction: Fiction work should be no longer than 25 double-spaced pages. The author's name and contact information should appear at the top of each page. For postal submissions, please include a cover letter that includes a brief bio. One short story per author will be published.
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Creative Nonfiction: Same guidelines apply as fiction. One work per author will be published.
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No extensive editing will be done. Minor editing, with the author's approval, may be expected, but we strive to keep our submissions in their original state.