We are reading. Submissions for our Spring 2027 issue are open from August 15 through October 31. Critiques for fiction and nonfiction are always available. Check out the latest issue of TLR on our website. Great stuff there. We pay $55 for poetry (including translations), $50 for graphic narratives, $55 for flash, and $0.05/word for prose over 1100 words. See details below,To get a sense of what we are looking for, you can read any and all issues on our website. Or listen to contributors reading their work on our Soundcloud channel. We publish online, without a paywall. Print copies of back issues are available on our website.Here are our guidelines:One submission per writer per reading period, across genres.Payment: $55 for flash prose, $55 for poetry; $0.05/word for longer prose and poems. For us flash is up to 1100 words, longer prose is 1,101 to 6,000 words. We pay on publication.For graphic narratives, we pay $50 for one to five pages, and $10/page for anything longer, up to ten pages. Complimentary Submissions: We offer free submissions to authors and poets from historically marginalized groups. We have a set number of these submissions available each reading period so plan to submit early. If the category does not appear below, we have reached our cap. Submission fees: Standard submission fees for poetry, translations, graphic narratives and flash prose are $4; for longer prose the fee is $5. A Transparency Index for each issue shows how submission fees help us pay our contributors and support team.Submission expectations: Our standard response time is up to twelve weeks from submission. Previous contributors to Tahoma Literary Review should wait one full reading period before submitting again. Word or PDF files only for prose and poetry. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Prose submissions should be in standard manuscript format (Double-spaced, Times New Roman font, 12-point type, one-inch margins, author name and contact information on the first page). Poetry submissions may include up to six poems in one manuscript. Graphic narratives may be up to ten pages in length. Submit via Submittable. If this presents an accessibility issue, please contact the editors for alternatives. We do not accept previously published material. This includes publication in any public venue, including print, web, and personal blogs. We are not currently reading plays, screenplays, reviews, novel excerpts, or children’s/young adult literature.Artificial IntelligenceI/Large Language Models: Send us work written and created by you, fellow human. We do not accept submissions of AI-generated work, and reserve the right to withdraw acceptances of work found to be AI-generated. We, in turn, will not use third-party AI-detection systems. If you have questions, let us know. Expedited Response: For an extra $3, we will respond within two weeks of submission (our standard response is twelve weeks). Expedited submissions do not guarantee acceptance.Critiques: Our critique service provides longer, detailed comments on your work. An experienced reader from our staff will read your work in depth and comment on it. See the submission category for critiques for pricing. Critiques are available year-round. Rights: We ask for first North American serial rights and will post accepted work online as part of a complete issue. We intend to leave accepted works online indefinitely; otherwise all rights revert to the author upon publication.Please do not resubmit revised work unless we have requested it specifically. Simultaneous submissions Please inform us if a work is accepted elsewhere. You can use Submittable’s Withdraw feature to withdraw a submission fully. For flash prose or poetry use Submittable's Message feature to withdraw one of the selections and leave any others for our consideration.