Submissions are now closed until 2026!
We are now using Duosoma (Duotrope’s submission manager) to receive submissions. Please do not email us your submissions like before – we are no longer receiving them in that format!
Since this is a big change from how we were doing things before, here’s some questions/answers to get you up to speed. If you have further questions about the submissions process, email us at tabularasareview@gmail.com!
Q: Why Are You Charging for Submissions Now?
A: Duosoma is better for our team, but it does charge us for each submission we receive. We have a $1 submission fee to cover that cost! This means that it’s $1 for 5 poems or 1 prose piece.
Q: What If I Don’t Want to Pay or Can’t Pay the Fee?
A: Email us and let us know! We are happy to waive the fee on a case-by-case basis, to help our submission process stay accessible for all authors.
Q: Where Does The Money Go?
A: We use what’s left from these submission fees (i.e., whatever doesn’t go straight to Duotrope) to pay our top authors from each issue. After submissions close, our editorial team chooses the top three poems and top three prose to be published in our 10-year anthology. These pieces will also be nominated for Best of Net, and these authors will be given a cash prize that reflects what we earned through submission fees for that issue.
FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
We make it easy – no formatting requirements, other than having your work in a .doc/.docx/.pdf file. Double space or single space, size 10 or 12 font, page numbers or not, we don’t care. We’d prefer it be in Times New Roman, Arial, or a similar font, but that’s the extent of our requirements.
ISSUE THEME
At Tabula Rasa Review, we want to see writing about the human condition. Give us characters that feel alive, places that feel real, stories that we can see ourselves in. Flip through our previous issues here to get a sense of what we’re looking for.
WHAT WE DO & DON’T ACCEPT
We accept:
- simultaneous submissions
- previously published (reprint) submissions
- national & international submissions
- unlimited submissions
We do not accept:
- writing containing scenes with erotica/graphic sex, overtly religious/evangelizing themes, genre writing (sci fi, fantasy, etc.; some flexibility here, if it matches our theme!), academic writing
- prose pieces over 4,000 words (slightly flexible)
- individual poems more than 3 pages long
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