have a story you’ve been chewing on? a poem you’ve been mulling? a draft hanging out in the basement, ready to be set free into the world? photography and art that’s ready for a grand entrance? send it to us! abraxas review invites submissions between august 1 - november 1, and we occsaionally open for smaller online folios of poetry and flash. ​abraxas review publishes once per year in fall. we accept submissions for poetry, narrative nonfiction, short fiction, photography, and art.

we love reading work that strikes an intentional, but subtle message—work that haunts us, that keeps us thinking about it after we’ve read it. we seek poetry and prose with arresting emotional impact that’s achieved not by contrived figurative language, but language that surprises while serving a larger purpose. send us your work that is authentic without being performative, that’s experimental without being pretentious, and speaks to the humanity in all of us. challenging genres and pushing boundaries is great fun, but we look for writing that’s inviting and accessible for an everyday reader rather than requiring lengthy explication in order to be understood. get fancy, get weird, have fun—but do it with purpose! 

details: 

Feel free to submit to multiple genres (but only once per genre per submission period).

If previously published in Abraxas Review, please do not submit to the issue immediately following the one you were published in. For example, if you are published in Issue 1, please wait until Issue 3 to submit again.

Please wait until you've heard from us regarding a submission before submitting additional work. We accept simultaneous submissions and ask that you notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere. We will consider only work that has not been published in print or appeared online previously in English.

- Submit 2-4 poems in a single document file (.doc, .docx).

- Begin each poem on a new page.

- Poems should be single-spaced, or how they should appear on the page.

- Submit 1-2 pieces of fiction or creative nonfiction in a single document file (.doc, .docx).

- Begin each piece on a new page.

- Your manuscript should be double-spaced, or how it should appear on the page.

- Each piece should be no longer than 4,000 words in length.

- We do consider both microfiction and micro creative nonfiction (100-500 words). ​

- Submit up to 10 images of photography or artwork (painting, drawing, letterpress, or relief printing). 

- We prefer JPG and PNG file types.

- Please send the highest resolution possible for your work. 

- If your work is accepted, we may ask you to send us a higher-resolution image for publication.