General Information
The Medulla Review is currently closed to submissions. Submissions will reopen on March 1, 2012.
Take the time to read the online issues, and feel free to mention what you enjoyed about them in your cover letter. It is also recommended that you read one of The Medulla Review print anthologies. The most recent one is available for purchase here.
Issues will appear online November 1, March 1, and July 1 of each year. Submissions are accepted during the months of July, August, September, November, December, January, March, April, and May. Submissions are closed during the months of October, February, and June, submissions sent during these months will be deleted unread.
Previous published work is not accepted. You will receive a response to your submission within ninety days.
If your work is accepted for publication, The Medulla Review will obtain first time publication rights exclusively for ninety days; after ninety days rights will revert to the author with the condition that The Medulla Review is cited as first publisher. By submitting, you are also granting The Medulla Review the rights to publish your work in a yearly print anthology.
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Poetry Guidelines
Send 3-5 poems. Poems of any form and length will be considered, but preference will be given to free verse poems under one page in length. Poems of any theme and subject will be considered, but preference will be given to surreal, edgy, and accessible styles.
Please include a brief third-person bio (up to 60 words) suitable for publication with your submission. You may send your submission embedded in the eMail or as one attachment containing all of the poems. Please use Georgia size 12-font. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please indicate as such.
Send poetry submissions to medullapoetry3 (AT) gmail (DOT) com. Put “Poetry Submission” and your last name in the heading of the eMail. Address cover letter to the current poetry editor—Cathy Kodra.
Fiction
Guidelines
Send flash fiction and short stories from 50 to 3,000 words. Surreal, literary, experimental, edgy, bizarre, and mainstream writing is sought. Horror, mystery, historical, erotica --- all themes and styles will be considered, but preference will be given to stories that blur and defy genre, to unique voices attentive to prose.
Please include a brief third-person bio (up to 60 words) suitable for publication with your submission. You may send your submission embedded in the eMail or as an attachment. Use Georgia size 12-font and do not indent paragraphs. Send fiction submissions to medullafiction (AT) gmail (DOT) com. Put “Fiction Submission” and your last name in the heading of the eMail.