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"Established in cooperation with the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in 2000, The Awakenings Review is one of the nation's leading literary reviews entirely committed to publishing the works of artists, writers, and poets with mental illness."

"Established in cooperation with the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in 2000, The Awakenings Review is one of the nation's leading literary reviews entirely committed to publishing the works of artists, writers, and poets with mental illness."

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Response Time

1 week to 2 months / 0 days

Acceptance Rate

19% / 25%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    Yes

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: 1 contributor copy, additional copies available at a discount

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

6 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

creative nonfiction, book chapters, or essays

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Interview

Max words: 5000

topics about mental illnesses

Photography

Max pieces: 8

looks for color photos, landscape orientation, for cover art

Play

short: dramatic scenes, 10-minute plays

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

creative nonfiction, book chapters, or essays

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Interview

Max words: 5000

topics about mental illnesses

Photography

Max pieces: 8

looks for color photos, landscape orientation, for cover art

Play

short: dramatic scenes, 10-minute plays

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Track submission

7

Total submissions tracked

0 days

Average response time

19% / 25%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

-

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Email submissions should be in a .doc or .docx format attached to an email sent to AR@AwakeningsProject.org and include the word "submission" in the subject line. We only accept submissions by email.

Cover letters

Authors should include a cover letter describing their relationship with mental illness: either self, family member, or friend of someone who struggles with mental illness. While this information is voluntary and its absence will not preclude your work from being considered, if your work is accepted for publication you will be asked to submit a short biography where we would like you to supply this information. Upon acceptance, we request that a writer or poet submit a biography of no more than 150 words to us. We ask that they at least mention their relationship with mental illness.

Eligibility

Creators w/ disabilities

Formatting

Pages should be numbered, and the writer's name, address, phone, and email address should appear at the top of the first page of each piece submitted.

Rights for published work

Writers, poets, and artists retain the copyright to their material. By submitting work, they agree to assign to The AR one-time rights for publication.

Additional info

The AR looks for submissions from writers and poets who have a distinct relationship to mental illness-either self, family member, or friend. A writer for The Awakenings Review (The AR) need not have a mental illness—we are open to submissions from family members and friends of people with mental illnesses. We do prefer that a writer have a mental illness of some type, and be willing to write about it, but that does not have to be the focus of the writings. Initial response within 7 days, if shortlisted then a final response within 60 days.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2000 | United States

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE WRITERS, MUSICIANS, PLAYWRIGHTS, AND ARTISTS. SECONDLY, WE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW MENTAL ILLNESS FIRSTHAND. The Awakenings Project serves a distinctive population. Only a handful of organizations other than The Awakenings Project curate art shows of this kind at national or local venues. Moreover, there exists only a few literary magazines, other than The Awakenings Review, that are committed as we are to editors, artists, writers and poets with mental illnesses. Begun in cooperation with the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in 2000, The Awakenings Review has been published approximately annually since the first issue, Summer 2000. The Review has been acclaimed internationally and draws writers from all over the United States and from several other countries including Israel, South Africa, Australia, Finland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

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 :)

Robert Lundin

Editor-in-Chief

Audrey Sher-Walton

Associate Editor

Hope Andersen

Assistant Editor

Sandra Jo Mazurek

Art Editor

Examples

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