Post Road accepts unsolicited poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short plays and monologues, and visual art submissions.

Post Road is a literary journal published by the Boston College Department of English dedicated to publishing up-and-coming authors.

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Post Road

General call

The word limit for prose is around 6500 words.
Work must not be previously published in any form, and, if accepted, must not be published anywhere else before appearing in Post Road.
Rights revert back to the author upon publication.
Simultaneous submissions are absolutely fine, but please contact us immediately and withdraw your work if it's accepted elsewhere.

Nonfiction

For poetry, please submit up to three pieces in one document.
Should you need to withdraw one or more pieces but wish to leave others for consideration, please mail us and specify which to keep.
Work must be previously unpublished in any form, and, if accepted, must not be published anywhere else before it is published in Post Road. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please contact us immediately and withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere.

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