Tabula Rasa Review
Literary Magazine
an independent literary journal
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2 - 3 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 3% *Editor reported data
PaysNo
FeeNo
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
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 1
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Fiction
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Fiction
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 4000 words max
Max words: 1
Max words: 4000
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction
Max pieces: 5
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Hybrid
Max words: 4000
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
Cover letters and bios are not required unless accepted, but always appreciated!
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
N/A
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
FAQs Here are our responses to commonly asked questions – feel free to reach out to us at tabularasareview@gmail.com for an answer, if you don’t see your question answered below. Do you accept artwork, or writing accompanying artwork? Short answer: no. Long answer: we have a very specific artistic style for Tabula Rasa Review, and we do not put any artwork in our magazine other than that which we design ourselves. Accordingly, if your writing cannot stand alone from a piece of artwork, it won’t be considered for acceptance. Do you pay authors for their writing? No. As a small, independent literary press, we aren’t able to break even with our current expenses. If we were to pay authors in addition to our current maintenance costs, we would find ourselves in debt! Knowing this, we make our submissions completely free. Workshops, donations, and issue sales are the only ways we make any money from what we do, and it helps us pay for our website, design software, and advertising. Do you provide feedback for writing? It depends. If you purchase a workshop slot during a submission period, you will receive a fully workshopped piece of writing. If you submit your piece as normal and it makes it to the final rounds of our editorial process, we will sent out a special rejection email with anonymous comments from our team, so you can get some free feedback and insight. Otherwise, we do not provide feedback. Do you send a copy of the issue to authors after publication? No. We wish we could, and we tried valiantly to do so for Issue 1, but as we accept international submissions, we cannot afford fees for both domestic and international shipping, and we didn’t want to exclude anyone. If we ever have the funds to do so, we will! Do you send notifications when our submission gets received? Yes. Sometimes it takes a while, though! As the job of Managing Editor is often shared between both co-founders, who have full-time jobs, it often takes us a few weeks to get caught back up with our submission inbox. Once your piece has been processed into the first step of our editorial process, you will receive an email thanking you for your submission and explaining the next steps. When will I hear back about whether or not my piece was accepted? It depends. You will always receive a verdict on your piece, whether it’s a yes or a no, but we have a very intensive, thoughtful editorial process that takes several months to complete. We endeavor to have all decisions out by mid-March after each submission period closes. Typically, it takes between 2-3 months for you to receive your verdict!
Tracker statistics
28
Total submissions tracked
76 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
39 days
Fastest response time
115 days
Slowest response time
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