The Florida Review welcomes both electronic submissions (using this link) and paper submissions sent by mail. Please submit no more than one fiction, nonfiction, or graphic narrative submissions at a time. Poets may submit up to five poems as a single submission.
Please submit your manuscript and cover letter using the appropriate genre link, where you'll find more guidelines. We strive to respond withing 3-6 months.
For guidelines on submitting paper manuscripts by mail, please refer to The Florida Review website page on submissions.
2012 Editors' Award in Fiction - $15.00
Size limit: 1 story up to 30 pages
DEADLINE EXTENDED FROM 3/17/12 TO 3/18/12 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH PAYPAL.Winner receives publication and $1,000 prize. All entries considered for publication. Winners will be announced in summer 2012 on The Florida Review Website.
One story per entry, but multiple entries OK. Simultaneous submissions allowed if work is withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. This is a blind read contest--please have title only on the manuscript (no author name or other identifying information). Entry fee includes one-year subscription to TFR.
2012 Editors' Award in Poetry - $15.00
Size limit: Up to 5 poems
DEADLINE EXTENDED FROM 3/17/12 TO 3/18/12 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH PAYPAL.Winner receives publication and $1,000 prize. All entries considered for publication. Winners will be announced in summer 2012 on The Florida Review Website
Up to 5 poems per entry, and multiple entries OK. Simultaneous submissions allowed if work is withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. This is a blind read contest--please have title only on the manuscript (no author name or other identifying information). Entry fee includes one-year subscription to TFR.
2012 Editors' Award in Nonfiction - $15.00
Size limit: 1 essay up to 30 pages
DEADLINE EXTENDED FROM 3/17/12 TO 3/18/12 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH PAYPAL.Winner receives publication and $1,000 prize. All entries considered for publication. Winners will be announced in summer 2012 on The Florida Review Website. We consider literary nonfiction (personal essays, memoir, literary journalism, nature writing, etc.), but not academic articles, editorials, or news.
One essay or memoir per entry, but multiple entries OK. Simultaneous submissions allowed if work is withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. This is a blind read contest--please have title only on the manuscript (no author name or other identifying information). Entry fee includes one-year subscription to TFR.
Jeanne Leiby Fiction Chapbook Award--Deadline: 12-1-11 - $25.00
Size limit: 35 pages
A Fiction Chapbook Award in honor of writer, teacher, editor Jeanne M. Leiby, former editor of The Florida Review and Southern Review. Submit a long story, several short stories, a flash fiction collection, or graphic narrative (comic). Entry fee includes subscription. DEADLINE: 12-1-11FIRST-PLACE PRIZE: chapbook publication (letter press printed with hand bound cover), $500, and invitation to read.
2ND PLACE: Tuition to Sanibel Island Writers Conference.
3RD PLACE: Tuition to The Florida Writers Conference
Fiction - $3.00
Size limit: open
We consider literary fiction that takes many different approaches, from experimental to minimalist to psychologically-nuanced realism. We have published flash fiction, short-shorts, and very long, sustained narratives. There's no set page limit, but a novella or story over 21 pages would need to be exceptionally strong to merit so many pages in an issue.Novel excerpts will be considered only if they work as stand-alone piecs.
Nonfiction - $3.00
Size limit: Open
We consider literary nonfiction with a range of approaches, from personal essay, to memoir, to literary journalism, to lyric essays. We read short shorts as well as substantially longer work. There isn't a page limit per se, but a manuscript over 21 pages would have to be especially good to merit so much space in an issue. Please do not submit book reviews or interviews in this category. We don't consider scholarly articles, reportage, opinion pieces, or the like.Poetry - $3.00
Size limit: 1-5 poems
We look for clear, strong poems, filled with real people, objects, emotions, and insight. We'll consider formal verse and highly experimental works, but prefer poetry in which form is secondary to content. Poets may submit 1 to 5 poems per submission.Graphic Narrative - $3.00
Size limit: open
We consider graphic narrative that shows both artistic and literary merit. We prefer work that is character- and story-driven, whether fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. We will consider experimental as well as traditional work in this form, and seek a balance between the quality of the drawings and the words. Previous contributors of graphic narrator include Kurt Parsons, Kelly Clancy, and Jeffrey Brown.