Tulsa Review seeks work by emerging and established writers and artists worldwide. We accept submissions in three categories: Poetry, Short Prose (short story, flash fiction, personal essay, flash creative nonfiction, one-act play or screenplay, etc.), and Visual Art.
Our open submission period begins each year in early May and closes the following March 1st. We publish each annual issue in late April.
Our General Submissions are open to all writers and artists everywhere. General Submissions are judged by Tulsa Review‘s student editorial staff. Although we cannot pay general contributors at this time, we love you dearly and will make every effort to care for and promote your work.
Our Student Contests are open only to TCC students who are enrolled at the time of submission and who have not already won three contests. Student Contest submissions are judged by TCC English faculty. Winners are awarded prizes of 1st Place, 2nd Place, or 3rd Place in each of our three categories. Contest poems may additionally be considered for the TCC Rain Poetry Project, to be stenciled on a downtown Tulsa sidewalk and become visible every time it rains.
Simultaneous submissions (work currently under consideration at other publications) are welcome, but if your submission is accepted elsewhere before we respond, please use Submittable to withdraw that submission immediately.
Beyond that, please just read the rules carefully for the category to which you submit. Thank you for allowing us to review your work!
- Please make your file a .JPG or .PNG sized under 1 MB. If selected for publication, the image you submit here will be the image we publish.
- Please make only one submission in this category, and wait for our response before submitting again. Multiple submissions by the same person in this category will be rejected.
- We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name in your work or its file name.
- Please include only one poem per submission, with a word count of 1,000 words or fewer.
- You may make up to three submissions in this category, but please wait for our response before submitting more. More than three submissions at a time by the same person in this category will be rejected.
- We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name in your work or its file name.
- Please submit any one work of short prose (short story, flash fiction, personal essay, flash creative nonfiction, one-act play or screenplay, etc.) with a word count of 3,000 words or fewer.
- Please make only one submission in this category, and wait for our response before submitting again. Multiple submissions by the same person in this category will be rejected.
- We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name in your work or its file name.
- Please make your file a .JPG or .PNG sized under 1 MB. If selected for publication, the image you submit here will be the image we publish.
- Please make only one submission in this category, and wait for our response before submitting again. Multiple submissions by the same person in this category will be rejected.
- We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name in your work or its file name.
- This category is open to any TCC student who is enrolled at the time of submission and who has not already won three contests. After three contests including a win in any category, we will no longer consider your work for prizes or publication. Instead, we encourage you to share your talent with a wider audience by submitting to other literary journals. This helps us provide more TCC students an opportunity for recognition.
- Please include only one poem per submission, with a word count of 1,000 words or fewer.
- You may make up to three submissions in this category, but please wait for our response before submitting more. More than three submissions at a time by the same person in this category will be rejected.
- We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name in your work or its file name.
- This category is open to any TCC student who is enrolled at the time of submission and who has not already won three contests. After three contests including a win in any category, we will no longer consider your work for prizes or publication. Instead, we encourage you to share your talent with a wider audience by submitting to other literary journals. This helps us provide more TCC students an opportunity for recognition.
- Please submit any one work of short prose (short story, flash fiction, personal essay, flash creative nonfiction, one-act play or screenplay, etc.) with a word count of 3,000 words or fewer.
- Please make only one submission in this category, and wait for our response before submitting again. Multiple submissions by the same person in this category will be rejected.
- We read submissions blindly, so please do not include your name in your work or its file name.
- This category is open to any TCC student who is enrolled at the time of submission and who has not already won three contests. After three contests including a win in any category, we will no longer consider your work for prizes or publication. Instead, we encourage you to share your talent with a wider audience by submitting to other literary journals. This helps us provide more TCC students an opportunity for recognition.