Rialto Books Review — Submissions
Overview
Rialto Books Review operates as a literary magazine with an ongoing, rolling submission window for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The absence of a fixed deadline signals a continuous editorial appetite rather than a themed or time-bound call, suggesting that the review reads year-round and builds its pages from a steady stream of unsolicited work. For the submitting writer, this removes the pressure of a calendar-driven contest and places the emphasis squarely on the manuscript itself. Because the organization behind the review is not identified in the available record, and because no fee status, prize, or location is confirmed, the terms of publication remain unspecified in the public listing. What is verifiable is the genre scope: literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Writers should treat the review as a general-interest literary outlet rather than a single-aesthetic house organ, and should expect that editorial decisions will rest on the strength of the writing rather than on a declared curatorial theme. The review's rolling model also implies an editorial rhythm that rewards patience and revision over speed. There is no stated reading period, no announced issue theme, and no indicated preference for established names over new ones. In the absence of further detail, the most responsible reading is that Rialto Books Review is a venue for carefully made literary work, submitted on the writer's own schedule, and assessed on its own terms.