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"an independent literary journal"
"an independent literary journal"
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Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
Yes
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
7 genres
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Fiction
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Fiction
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Nonfiction
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Poetry
Less than 5 pages per poem; unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Hybrid
Max words: 6000
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Fiction
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Fiction
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Nonfiction
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Poetry
Less than 5 pages per poem; unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Hybrid
Max words: 6000
Unlimited submissions; reprints (previously published pieces) accepted.
Statistics
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16
Total submissions tracked
75 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
39 days
Fastest response time
115 days
Slowest response time
How to submit
Process
See all of this illustrated in our submission guidelines - https://tabularasareview.com/submit/ -EMAIL TITLES- When you email us your submission, format the subject of your email as – GENRE: "Name of Piece(s)", Author Name. If you have multiple poems being sent in the same email, simply include the names of each piece in the subject line, rather than just one. Examples: POETRY: "Name of Poem", "Name of Poem", and "Name of Poem", Author Name. NONFICTION: "Name of Piece", Author Name. FICTION: "Name of Piece" and "Name of Piece", Author Name. -DOCUMENT FILES- Make sure all of your poems are in one collective .doc or .docx. Fiction and nonfiction submissions should be sent in separate .doc or .docx files.
Cover letters
Cover letters and bios are not required unless accepted, but always appreciated!
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
N/A
Rights for published work
Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!
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!
About the Magazine
Founded in 2021 | United States
You may have heard of tabula rasa before. It’s a philosophical theory that posits we are born with no knowledge, with smooth, empty minds ready to be carved and shaped into existence upon birth. A blank slate. That’s all we are as we come into the world. Each story you write begins as a blank slate, too. A piece of paper, an empty document ready to be born. What will you do with this emptiness? How will you fill it? We want to know. That’s why we exist. Tabula Rasa Review is filled with essays that show us just how much can be done with a blank piece of paper. Our chosen authors have formed cathedrals, dimension, and feeling from words. They’ve created relationships, climaxes, and resolutions that make us feel as if we are there, too. As a small independent literary journal, it’s just us, our social media, and our website. It’s our little blank slate, ready to be filled to the brim with gorgeous, potent writing. All in all, it’s a platform to have your voice heard.
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 :)
Emma Snyder
Editor-in-Chief
Ross Christensen
Editor-In-Chief
Gretel Valdes
Associate Editor
Kendall Wack
Associate Editor
Stephanie Stephan
Associate Editor
F.M. Papaz
Editorial Assistant
Examples
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