Logo of Iron Horse Review literary magazine
"In 1999, Texas Tech University founded Iron Horse Literary Review in order to bring the literary arts to West Texas, which did not have a national print venue for the literary arts."
Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
69 days
Average acceptance rate
40%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

    • Checkmark icon

      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

    • Crossed circle icon

      Previously published

      No

    • Checkmark icon

      Payment

      Yes

    • Checkmark icon

      Fee

      $3

    • Crossed circle icon

      Expedited response

      No

    • Crossed circle icon

      Available in print

      No

    • Crossed circle icon

      Provide contributor copies

      No

    • Checkmark icon

      Examples online

      Yes

    • Checkmark icon

      Active on social media

      Yes

  • 01

    Important stuff

    Read more about the topic plus sign
  • 02

    How to submit 🏗️

    Read more about the topic plus sign
  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

    Read more about the topic plus sign
  • 04

    Awards

    Read more about the topic plus sign
  • 05

    Demographics & Eligibility

    Read more about the topic plus sign
  • 06

    Formatting requirements 🏗️

    Read more about the topic plus sign
  • 07

    Rights for published work 🏗️

    Read more about the topic plus sign

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5500

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5500

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5500

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5500

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Magazine

Founded in 1999 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Leslie Jill Patterson
Editor-in-Chief
Marcus Burke
Fiction Editor
Geffrey Davis
Poetry Editor
Elena Passarello
Nonfiction Editor
Maeve Kirk
Senior Managing Editor
Jennessa Hester
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

7

Average acceptance rate

40%

Average response time

69 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

206/23 days

Fastest response time

13 days

Slowest response time

206 days