We are normally open for submissions in all genres from September 1 through November 1 and March 1 through May 1. We may close before the end of the period if we receive more than our allotted number of submissions, so it’s best to submit early. Please follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, or Facebook for updates on submissions periods. NOTE FOR FALL 2026: We will close for poetry on Friday, September 4 (11:59 pm EST). A note on artificial intelligence. We expect our contributors to engage honestly with their own creative minds and not to outsource their writing, translating, and thinking to generative AI. Spell-check and grammar-check are permitted, but writers and translators must affirm that the work submitted is their own and not the product of artificial intelligence tools, software, or generators. *** Fiction: We are looking for short stories, short shorts, novellas, novel excerpts (if they can stand alone), and translations. The word limit is 20,000, though most of what we publish is shorter than 10,000 words. Please send only one piece at a time, unless the pieces are very short (under 1,000 words), in which case send up to three. Reminder: do not resubmit a story that you’ve sent in the past. Poetry: We are looking for long and short poems, including translations. Please send no more than six poems at once, and upload them as a single file. If you need to withdraw part of your submission, please simply add a note to your submission in Submittable. Nonfiction: We are looking for a broad range of nonfiction, including interpretive and personal essays, critical reassessments, cultural criticism (art, film, etc.), travel writing, environmental writing, and works in translation. The word limit is 20,000, though most of what we publish is shorter than 10,000 words. Dramatic Writing: We are looking for short plays, monologues, and screenplays, up to 5,000 words. Please consider that the work must read well on the page. Please double-space and include word count on the front page or cover letter. Staging Style: We are seeking brief essays, 900 to 2,000 words, that trouble the conventional prescriptiveness of “craft” and instead illuminate the infinite possibilities beneath questions of style, time, sound, form, voice, character, image, setting, risk, genre, etc. See our website for details. Thank you for submitting to New England Review!