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"An award-winning literary magazine. We publish an annual journal of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art."

"An award-winning literary magazine. We publish an annual journal of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1 month / 95 days

Acceptance Rate

33.33%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: Accepted contributors are paid contributor copies for accepted work.

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

7 genres

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter.

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter.

Art

cover art, interior art, and narrative work

Comics

No specific limitations

Audio

No specific limitations

Video

video poetry

Fiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter.

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter.

Art

cover art, interior art, and narrative work

Comics

No specific limitations

Audio

No specific limitations

Video

video poetry

Statistics

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Track submission

12

Total submissions tracked

95 days

Average response time

33.33%

Average acceptance rate

27 days

Fastest response time

170 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Submit via Oleada

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Please use standard formatting, serif-font, double-space, numbered pages. For poetry, please do not use extraneous formatting, due to website restrictions.

Rights for published work

The journal seeks First North American Serial Rights on all literary submissions, in addition to the requisite digital rights to distribute each issue of the journal as an e-book.

Additional info

Available in print

About the Magazine

Founded in 1965 | United States

The Oyez Review is the literary magazine of the creative writing program at Roosevelt University in Chicago. It is published annually, edited by a staff of MFA candidates under the direction of a faculty member with professional experience in the publishing world. Founded in 1965, Oyez Review has featured work by such writers as Charles Bukowski, James McManus, Carla Panciera, Michael Onofrey, Sophie Lucido Johnson, Brielle Brilliant, and Matthew Goulish, and visual artists Thomas C. Jackson, Steve Harp, Vivian Nunley, C. Taylor, Jennifer Troyer, Jeremy Kennedy, and Frank Spidale. (And, of course, many more.)

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 :)

Joshua Bohnsack

Editor-in-Chief