Submissions to The Ilanot Review


 

Reading period for our winter 2025 issue:

August 1 to September 30, 2024

Theme: Translation and Transition

 

Guest Editors for Poetry: Jeremy Paden & Patty Seyburn

Guest Editor for Fiction: Taylor Johnston-Levy

Only one submission per reading period, please! Multiple submissions (including submissions to multiple genres) will be automatically disqualified.

  • Submission fees:
    • Submissions are free for two weeks or until Submittable’s submission caps are reached, whichever comes first.
      After that, we charge a submission fee of $3.
    • Translations are free throughout the submission period.
    • The Ilanot Review is a volunteer operation. Funds go towards web hosting fees and Submittable service fees.
  • We will consider simultaneous submissions but ask that you retract your work immediately if it is accepted for publication elsewhere.
  • If your work appears in our current or previous issue, we kindly ask that you refrain from submitting to our upcoming issue.
  • Please include a short bio (50-100 words) with your submission.
  • We welcome unpublished translations of original work, provided the translator has obtained permission from the author. Please include a copy of the original work with your submission.
  • We welcome work that challenges conventions of form, style, and content.
  • We retain first serial rights to work published in The Ilanot Review. At the time of publication, all rights revert back to the author. However, The Ilanot Review retains the right to publish the piece(s) in any subsequent issue or anthology, whether in print or online. Should you decide to republish the piece elsewhere, we kindly ask that you cite The Ilanot Review as a place of previous publication.

Categories:

  • Poetry: Up to 5 poems, not to exceed 7 pages. Please submit all work + bio in a single Word file, with each poem beginning on a separate page. Please include your name and contact information on each page.
  • Fiction: One story up to 3,000 words long or 1-3 works of flash/microfiction, up to 500 words each
  • Creative Nonfiction: One essay up to 4,000 words long or 1-3 works of flash/micro-CNF, up to 500 words each
  • Comics, Photo Essays, Visual Narratives: Please submit a single document or up to 6 image files (all files must be included in a single submission).
  • Art and Photography: Artwork submitted to this category will be considered for inclusion within the journal’s pages and as cover art.
  • Translations: We welcome unpublished translations into English from any language, provided the translator has obtained permission from the author. See above for word limits for each genre. Please include a copy of the original work with your submission.

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