General Submissions

The Raven Review is a quarterly literary magazine that publishes extraordinary poetry and short prose centered around the deep, dark, and emotional. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, but they will be considered for the issue within the timeframe in which the piece was submitted. For reference, our publication and submission timeframes are as follows:

Winter Issue: January
Submission window: August 16 to November 15
Spring Issue: April
Submission window: November 16 to February 15
Summer Issue: July
Submission window: February 16 to May 15
Fall Issue: October
Submission window: May 16 to August 15

Genre Guidelines

Poetry
We will consider most forms of structured poetry, including rhyming couplets, haikus, sonnets, odes, etc. Please do not submit prose poetry. Additionally, we ask that the poems convey a coherent message and be of a high literary standard. While we are not a genre-specific magazine, we do prefer certain themes. We love poetry that tackles real, raw, and hard-hitting topics.

Please only include one (1) poem in your submission document. Submissions that contain more than one poem will automatically be rejected. If you’d like to submit multiple poems, please submit them separately.

​Fiction
We’re looking for exceptional short fiction that is thought-provoking, engaging, and of a high literary standard. While we are not a genre-specific magazine, we do prefer certain themes: we love pieces that cover real, raw, and hard-hitting topics. If your piece doesn’t quite fit those parameters, don’t worry—they’re really just guidelines. We just ask that you do not surpass 2,000 words. Any stories that exceed this will be rejected.

Please only include one (1) story in your submission document. Submissions that contain more than one story will automatically be rejected. If you’d like to submit multiple short stories, please submit them separately.

Submission Guidelines

  • Please use a traditional font such as Times New Roman, Arial, or Garamond.​​​​

  • All submissions must be previously unpublished, either in print or online (previous publication on a personal blog is the exception).

  • Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please withdraw your piece on Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere.

  • We charge a $3 submission fee to help cover the magazine’s costs. This fee cannot be waived.

  • Before submitting, we suggest that you read some of the latest issues of The Raven Review to familiarize yourself with the kind of work that we’re looking for. ​​

  • At this time, we are unable to pay our contributors; however, we would love to do this in the future.

  • Please do not send submissions via email or social media message—​they will be ignored.

Publication Rights

  • We request First North American Serial Rights. Upon publication, rights revert to the author. We retain non-exclusive archival rights to display the work in our archives. If the work is republished elsewhere, please credit us as the original publisher.

  • We reserve the right to edit any minor grammatical mistakes in the submissions that we receive. However, we will seek the author’s approval before making any major edits that may alter the meaning of the piece.

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