PACIFIC REVIEW

Send all submissions to thepacificrevieweditors@gmail.com, with your bio /paragraph about the work in the email body. 

Submission Guidelines

      The Pacific Review embraces both the traditional and the non-conventional. We particularly encourage work from emerging, marginalized, and historically under-served creators. We seek a range of original material in all mediums/genres. Half the magazine is ear-marked for CSUSB students’ work, and the other half is open to the public.

      While we do have a theme for Issue Forty-Four -- “Roots, Regret, and Revelation” -- we interpret that broadly, so if you have a work you’re excited about, send it in! Submissions are due by Oct 19, at midnight PST.

General Guidelines

• Submit one work or set of works per medium/genre. For instance, if you have three poems, two plays, and four paintings, you would submit three times:

            — Poetry (with all three poems)

            — Plays (with both plays)

            — Visual art (with four images)

• You may submit in as many genres/mediums as you like. See the number limits for each genre/medium below.
• Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we do not accept previously published work. Please let us know ASAP if your work is accepted or published elsewhere.
• Please number your pages, but do not include your name in the header or footer.
• If you prefer, and your work is accepted, it can be published anonymously.
• If you mess up, don’t panic. We’re here to help! Just email us at thepacificrevieweditors@gmail.com.

Naming Your File

      Please do not include your name in the file name.

      Include the following in your file name in this order:

           -- The name of the piece

           -- Your medium/genre (e.g. poetry/hybrid, fiction, film)

      Example: TitleofSubmittedWork_MediumType.pdf

Author’s Biography OR Inspiration for Work

• Let The Pacific Review get to know you, especially if this is your first publication! For instance, if you have been previously published, please include that in your biography. This should be written in third person and be less than 100 words.
• Alternatively, tell us the inspiration for the piece in less than 100 words. If you want to remain anonymous, avoid identifying details.
• It is okay to use your name in the email and body of the email, but please avoid putting it on the document itself.

Terms of Publication

• On online publication, we claim first North American serial rights, but thereafter all rights return to the author/artist.
• Unfortunately, at the moment we are not able to offer payment to our contributors.

Means of Submission

You can include your name, details, and bio in your email, but please do not include any identifying information on the submission/document itself, beyond the title(s) of the work and/or genre. If there is a problem with your submission, don’t panic. Email us at thepacificrevieweditors@gmail.com.

Genre-Specific Guidelines

Poetry

• Submit a single document as a PDF in Times New Roman, 12 point font, with 1.5 line spacing.
• Maximum of four poems in a single document.
• If your poem(s) are an audio or video, please include in a written script as a PDF.

Fiction and Flash Fiction

• Submit a single document as a PDF in Times New Roman, 12 point font, with 1.5 line spacing.
• For fiction, you may submit 3,000 words in total. So, you can submit one fiction story of 2,800 words, or six 500-word flash pieces. Submit them all in one file, but give them individual headings/start a new page for each work. 

Nonfiction

• Submit a single document as a PDF in Times New Roman, 12 point font, with 1.5 line spacing.
• For nonfiction, you may submit 3,000 words in total. So, you can submit one fiction story of 2,800 words, or six 500-word flash pieces. Submit them all in one file, but give them individual headings/start a new page for each work. 

Comics

• Submit one cohesive work of approximately 4-10 pages, in a single document in a file that is a .PNG or .PDF.

Screenplays and Film

• For screenplays, submit a single document as a PDF in Times New Roman, 12 point font, with 1.5 line spacing.
• Submit works no more than twenty pages long.
• For films/videos, provide a YouTube link or a file that is in .MP4 or .MOV format; closed captions are appreciated.

Photography and Visual Art

• Submit a single document in a file that is a .PNG or .PDF
• Submit no more than six works of art.

Audio

• If your poem(s) is an audio or video, please include a written script as a PDF.
• For audio, files should be in a .MP3 format; closed captions are appreciated.