General Submissions
Unsolicited manuscripts must be received between November 1 and January 1 to be considered for our Fall issue (acceptances in May). Looking to submit your work between June 1 and August 1? Please see contest guidelines for the Robert Watson Literary Prizes.
Submission Guidelines:
- Entries must be previously unpublished. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately via Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- Please submit only once per genre during each submission period.
- Length restrictions: Please include no more than 7,500 words or 25 typed, double-spaced pages for fiction. Flash fiction entries may be up to 500 words. Please submit only one story per submission. Poetry entries can include up to 10 pages, but we recommend 5 to 7 poems per submission. (Please note that we rarely publish individual poems that exceed 2 pages.)
- Please include your name, mailing address, email, and phone number in your cover letter and on the first page of your manuscript. Fiction submissions should also include word count and page numbers.
- Reading fee: $3.00. Fees are waived for current subscribers. If you are unsure of your subscription status, please contact DUP Journal Services: subscriptions@dukeupress.edu or toll-free at (888) 651-0122.
- Manuscripts accepted for publication will appear in print in the Fall issue of The Greensboro Review and may also be featured on greensbororeview.org. All manuscripts not accepted for publication by The Greensboro Review will be released to the authors by May 31.
- Entries must be submitted via Submittable; no email submissions are accepted.
The Greensboro Review seeks new writing from authors representing a wide range of identities in terms of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, ability, age, class, citizenship, nationality, regionality, education, and publication history. We love featuring the work of previously unpublished writers and showcasing those whose work may be risk-taking or overlooked. Our journal remains faculty- and student-run, with new graduate student editors on staff each year, so writing you submit will always be read by fresh eyes from a variety of editorial aesthetics. With that in mind, the work you’ll find in our pages rarely conforms to any one theme, subject, or style—and we encourage you to read a recent issue to get a sense of what we publish. We look forward to reading your work!