The Institutionalized Review

How to submit

• Processs

  Google / other forms

• Cover letter

  On the first page of your submission, please include: ​- Your name (or pseudonym) - Your email address - A short, third-person biography (Example: John Doe is a writer from Charlotte, North Carolina. He has previously been published in [publication name]/this is his first time being published.)

• Eligibility

  
  We accept submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork from writers who have experienced institutionalization/psychiatric hospitalization, inpatient rehab or eating disorder treatment, the troubled-teen industry, the foster care system, incarceration, or other modes of institution. You do not have to provide "proof" of your experiences, yet we ask that if you do not fall into these categories you please refrain from submitting.

• Formatting

  Please use a 12-point, readable font. You are welcome to send doc., docx., or PDF files. Please title the document with your last name/pseudonym, genre, and the title of your piece, such as: DOE_FICTION_TITLE. If you can't send a document/PDF file, you can also send your work in the body of your submission email. Please choose a submission method that is accessible to you.

• Author's rights

  All rights revert to author upon publication.

• Additional info

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