Burrow Press is the literary publisher of Stetson University's MFA of the Americas program, focusing on collaboration, translation, and literature in the expanded field. we're looking for traditional and experimental poetry and prose forms in all genres, including literary, horror, sci-fi/speculative, acknowledging that the best work often transcends these labels. We like work that takes risks, that isn't afraid of being weird, and that shines on the sentence level.
BP BOOKS: We publish only a few books in print each year, and so it is rare that we open submissions for our print program.
BP REVIEW (ONLINE JOURNAL): Prose submissions are open now and for the foreseeable future.
BP REVIEW GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All submissions must be previously unpublished.
Poetry: up to 3 poems at a time, separate files.
Prose: Send only one piece at a time, up to 5,000 words. Or up to 3 flash pieces of 500 words or less.
Multimedia (prose or poetry): send us a query briefly describing the project and the media involved.
Collaborations (prose or poetry): include and a note informing us the work is collaborative and collaborators' bios in cover letter.
Work in Translation: coming soon.
Please wait until you hear from us before submitting more work. Please make sure you’re submitting to the correct category. Please do not send full manuscripts.
Simultaneous Submissions:Yes.
Response Time: 1-3 months.
Compensation & Rights: We currently do not offer payment for writing that appears in our online journal. We ask for first serial rights, and electronic archival rights. Rights revert to you upon publication.
Crediting Burrow: If something we published of yours is published elsewhere, such as in a collection or anthology, please note that it first appeared in Burrow Press Review.
More than ever, reimagining and reclaiming power is necessary. This Special Poetry Issue will feature poems exploring power, whether through language or subject, from the dynamic to the subtle, from mass movements to intimate moments.
Selected poems will appear weekly on BP Review beginning in April 2021, as well as be collected on a "special issue" page.
Please send us up to 3 previously unpublished poems. Include all poems in one doc.
Submissions open from January 1st to January 31st. Responses within 1 to 3 months.
Fiction, nonfiction, flash, hybrid, lyric essay... we're looking for traditional and experimental prose forms in all genres, including literary, horror, sci-fi/speculative, acknowledging that the best work often transcends these labels. We like work that takes risks, that isn't afraid of being weird, and that shines on the sentence level.
You'll be prompted to specify the form and genre of your piece, as well as whether it is fiction or nonfiction, on the submission form.
For multimedia work: please send us a query briefly describing the project and the media it involves.
Collaborative work: we love when writers collaborate. If there is more than one author, just let us know in the cover letter and include all author bios as well.
All submissions must be previously unpublished.
Word count: up to 5,000 words
- Send only one piece at a time (or up to 3 flash pieces of 500 words or less).
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes.
Response Time: 1-3 months.
- Please wait until you hear from us before submitting more work. Please make sure you’re submitting to the correct category. Please do not send full manuscripts.
Compensation & Rights: We currently do not offer payment for writing that appears on BP review. We ask for first serial rights, and electronic archival rights. Rights revert to you upon publication.
Crediting Burrow: If something we published of yours is published elsewhere, such as in a collection or anthology, please note that it first appeared in Burrow Press Review.