Black Warrior Review
Literary Magazine
Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA in Creative Writing, Black Warrior Review is named for the river that borders the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. BWR publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and art twice a year, + an annual online issue.
Highlights
- Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
- Response time: 1-6 months*/Editor reported data85 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 1% */Editor reported data2.65%*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Work acquired through solicitation: 0%
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary, Experimental, Speculative
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Fiction - 1500 words max
Max words: 1500
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Nonfiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Nonfiction - 1500 words max
Max words: 1500
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Hybrid
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Translation
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Art
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $40-200
Photography
Max pieces: 10
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Comics
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
Audio
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
No specific limitations
Video
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
No specific limitations
Game
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
No specific limitations
Wtf is genre, send anything
Submission fee: $ 3
Payment: $20-100
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Please include a short cover letter and bio.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Fiction/Nonfiction: Please submit works no longer than 6,000 words in a single .doc, .docx, or .PDF format. Graphic Prose: We request that you submit in .jpg, .tiff or .pdf format. Poetry: Submit up to 3 poems with a maximum of 10 pages in one document.
Author's rights
All rights reserved. Rights revert to author upon publication.
Additional info
BOYFRIEND VILLAGE : Boyfriend Village is Black Warrior Review’s online edition, released once a year. In March 2018, BWR chose to rename and reconfigure its online issue in honor of Zach Doss, who had passed away unexpectedly. Zach was a dedicated BWR Editor and a brilliant writer of queer, fabulist, surprising works; Boyfriend Village has become a special haven for such writing and much, much more. In honor of Zach’s bold vision and legacy, Boyfriend Village seeks to be a fully accessible space for unusual, boundary-pushing literary content, especially work from the margins, work that makes exciting use of digital platforms, and work that other well-established journals might overlook. We hope that with the increased online presence Boyfriend Village allows, we might provide a larger platform for underrepresented aesthetics and writing communities. Work found in Boyfriend Village resists and challenges notions of “the page” alongside other extraordinary pieces you might expect to find in the print issues of BWR. Every issue of Boyfriend Village has a new Online Editor, who selects a new theme and keeps the village refreshed and moving forward, even as it honors a vital part of BWR history. All Boyfriend Village contributors are paid for their work. BWR pays a one-year subscription and a lump-sum fee for all works published. Currently, we offer royalty payments to regular-submission print contributors between $50 and $220, depending on our budget and the length of the pieces. These numbers are subject to change per issue and differ for contributors to Boyfriend Village (our online edition) and for featured-art contributors.
Tracker statistics
344
Total submissions tracked
85 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
9 days
Fastest response time
241 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 320 days, 805 days, 1057 days, 3410 days
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Submission calls
Boyfriend Village - More Than One Boyfriend
Deadline: May 1, 2024
More Than One
There’s a misconception about writing being a solitary pursuit. Even as a singular author working with a
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Annual Summer Contest
Black Warrior Review’s annual contest is coming up, and we want to read your work! Send us your nonfictio
Read moreAbout
Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Black Warrior Review is named for the river that borders the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The city, the river, and the magazine all derive their names from the 16th-century Indigenous leader Tuskal...
Read moreFounded
1974
Country
US
Masthead
Samantha Bolf
Editor-in-Chief
Lydia O'Donnell
MANAGING EDITOR
Chinaecherem Obor
FICTION EDITOR
Isabelle Joy Stephen
NONFICTION EDITOR
Erika Walsh
POETRY EDITOR
Ernest Ohia
ART & DESIGN EDITOR
Darby Power
ONLINE EDITOR (BOYFRIEND VILLAGE)
Jaric Sarmiento
ONLINE EDITOR (BOYFRIEND VILLAGE)