New Plains Review is a literary magazine that positions itself as a venue for fiction that resists the predictable. In its general submissions call, the editors state that all genres are welcome—'the wilder the better'—signaling an appetite for work that takes formal and imaginative risks. The journal also expresses a particular interest in writers from traditionally underrepresented communities and in voices and perspectives from the Plains region, suggesting a curatorial vision that is both aesthetically expansive and rooted in a specific geographic and cultural consciousness. The submission parameters are clear: previously unpublished short stories up to 10,000 words, up to three flash fiction pieces of 500 to 1,000 words each, or several pieces of microfiction ranging from three sentences to 500 words. Files may be submitted in PDF, .doc, .docx, or .rtf. A reading fee of $3.00 per submission applies. There is no prize attached to this call; the reward is publication in a journal that has demonstrated a commitment to literary fiction of varied lengths and styles. For the writer, this is an opportunity to place work with a review that values both the regional and the unruly. The editors' explicit invitation to underrepresented voices and Plains perspectives does not narrow the scope but rather clarifies it: they are looking for fiction that carries a sense of place, identity, or experience that is not often centered in mainstream literary magazines. The absence of a theme or genre restriction means that the burden of distinction falls on the writing itself—its voice, its structure, its willingness to venture beyond the conventional.