Black Warrior Review

Submitting your work

Writers should familiarize themselves with recent issues to understand the journal's aesthetic range, which favors work that is linguistically adventurous, emotionally resonant, and structurally deliberate. General submissions are typically open for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with occasional themed calls. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify promptly if accepted elsewhere. Expect response times of several months; patience is advised. Include a brief cover letter with publication credits, if any, but avoid excessive self-promotion. BWR values voices from diverse backgrounds and encourages submissions from underrepresented writers.

BWR only takes online submissions unless you do not have access to a computer/internet. Please visit our website for details. Before sending, please check our website for features, read interviews with masthead or contest judges, or consider buying an issue! As a graduate-run journal, tastes change every year, so our current calls for submissions are the most up-to-date way to know what our editors are looking for.