Submission Guidelines

We are currently accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art submissions. All submissions will close on May 31, 2012. Submissions will reopen on August 1.

Indiana Review is published semiannually in May and December. Our reporting time is usually 2 – 4 months, but may, at times, be longer. IR accepts less than 1% of manuscripts submitted. Payment for publication is $5.00 per page ($10.00 minimum), two contributor’s copies, and the remainder of a year’s subscription. Rights revert to author upon publication.

IR publishes 6-10 stories, 40-60 pages of poetry, 1-2 nonfiction pieces, and 6-12 book reviews per issue, as well as art inserts when funding allows. We look for poems, stories, and nonfiction that are well-crafted and lively, have an intelligent sense of form and language, assume a degree of risk, and have consequence beyond the world of their speakers or narrators. We also welcome interviews with established writers.

Send only one submission per genre and wait for a response before sending another. Additional submissions per genre will be returned unread.
• Stories: Send only one story per submission, up to 40 double-spaced pages. Translations are welcome.
• Poems: Send only 3-6 poems per submission. Do not send more than 4 poems if longer than 3 pages each. Do not fold poems individually or staple poems together. Translations are welcome.
• Nonfiction: Send only one essay per submission, up to 30 double-spaced pages.
• Book Reviews: Most book reviews are written by IR staff, but we are open to freelance reviews of 500 to 800 words on books published in the last two years. Please note that response time for book reviews may be greater.
• Visual Arts: Paintings, photographs, comics, and drawings are welcome. In lieu of originals, please send slides or digital images of work. DO NOT send the only copy of work. Send up to five pieces that are up to 6 x 9″ in dimensions or may be later reduced to this size. Visual works must also be publishable in black and white, but, when funding allows, may be published in full color.

There is no need to query editors about submitting work. Submission status may be queried by mail or email, but please allow four months before querying.

IR cannot consider work (other than book reviews) from anyone currently or recently affiliated with Indiana University, which includes those who have studied at or worked for Indiana University within the past 4 years.

All work must be previously unpublished, which includes works posted to personal blogs, online journals or magazines, or any part of a thesis or dissertation that has been published electronically.

Electronic Submissions:

Please note that we cannot accept unsolicited email submissions. When submissions are open, you may submit work electronically by creating an account with our online submission manager. This method is recommended for international submissions. Click here to submit work online.
 

Snail Mail Submissions:

• All submissions and correspondence MUST include a self-addressed stamped envelope. We cannot respond to submissions otherwise. Include additional postage if work is to be returned. If submitting the work from outside the US, include an e-mail address for reply; replies will not be sent by post internationally.
• Each submission must be submitted under separate cover, including a SASE for each submission. That is to say, if you would like to send both a poetry and fiction submission, they each must arrive in their own envelopes.
• Simultaneous submissions are okay, but we must be notified promptly of acceptance elsewhere.
• Clearly mark envelope to the appropriate genre editor’s attention (e.g. “Fiction Editor”).
• Include a cover letter and list work titles, previous publications and awards, and a SHORT bio. For receipt confirmation, please include an email address. Explanations of manuscript meaning, theme, or technique are not necessary.
• No handwritten, faxed, or poorly copied/printed manuscripts will be considered.
• Send all correspondence to:
  

  Indiana Review
  Ballantine Hall 465
  1020 E. Kirkwood Ave.
  Indiana University
  Bloomington, IN 47405-7103

How to withdraw a piece:

If you have submitted a simultaneous submission that is accepted elsewhere or have another reason to withdraw your submission, we ask that you please include the following information when you contact us:

• Author’s name (and, if submitted by someone else, the name of the person who submitted the work)
• Date on which the work was submitted
• Genre
• Title of the piece
• Whether the work was submitted by post or online