Submissions are OPEN

We publish two digital issues per year: March 1 (Spring) and September 1 (Fall). We will occasionally open submissions for special features. Response time may vary between a few days and several months.

General submissions for Fall Issue: March 1 – May 1

General submissions for Spring Issue: October 1 – December 1

Please send only one submission per reading period, in one genre only. Submitting more than once will automatically disqualify all submissions.

We gladly accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere! If you only wish to withdraw part of a submit, please leave us a note on Submittable. We do not consider previously published material.

The only way to submit is via Submittable. We don't accept email submissions.

If your submission does not meet the above criteria, we will not read your work.

If you have previously contributed to the Sierra Nevada Review, please wait one reading session to submit again.

Poetry: Please upload no more than five poems or five pages of poetry, whichever comes first.

Fiction & Nonfiction: Fiction, YA fiction, and literary nonfiction should not exceed 4,000 words. We welcome flash fiction and nonfiction submissions. You may submit more than one flash piece, as long as your total word count does not exceed 4,000 words.

Visual art: You may upload up to 5 images for cover art consideration. If you submit cover art, you may not submit in a written genre.

We do require a $3 reading fee which is paid through Submittable.