SUBMISSIONS

Starting January 15, 2010, Blood Orange Review will accept submissions exclusively through our online submission manager. Submissions received by email during our closed reading period (December 1, 2009 through January 14, 2010) will not be read. Submissions received by email January 15, 2010, and beyond will be deleted without response.

Guidelines

Blood Orange Review is modestly sized; as a result, our selection is competitive. Send us only your best literary work. The editors are professional and passionate: we seek work that is precise and unusual.

We are looking for more than an interesting story or descriptive image. The pieces we publish are the ones that we remember days or even weeks afterward for their compelling characters, believable voices, or sharp revelations. We’re not afraid of anything, but if we bristle or stop having fun, we figure there is a good chance our readers will too.

In a word, write deftly. Leave us desiring more.

What to Submit

Fiction: up to 5,000 words.

Nonfiction: creative/personal essay or stand-alone memoir excerpt up to 5,000 words.

Poetry: 3-5 poems at a time. Don’t send just one poem unless it’s a long poem (more than three pages).

Art: If you would like to submit artwork, please send us query with a link to your personal website or 2-3 low resolution jpgs of your work. Please note that most artwork for this journal is directly solicited. Send art queries to admin[at]bloodorangereview.com.

How to Submit

1. All submissions must be in one document and submitted through our online submission manager. Blood Orange Review no longer accepts submissions by email.

2. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please do not send more than one submission until you have received a response to your first submission.

3. Send original, unpublished material only.

4. The editors will make every attempt to respond to work in eight weeks. We work hard to stay within this time limit, so please refrain from submitting again if you have not heard back from us.

5. To check on the status of your submission, log back into your account at any time using the email address and password you entered during your initial submission. You will see your contact information and submission history with each submission’s status (received, accepted, declined). From this page, you can create another submission or update your contact information.

Go to the Blood Orange Review online submission manager.

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