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Guidelines

"Founded in 2011, publishers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork, a project of the University of Rhode Island."

"Founded in 2011, publishers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork, a project of the University of Rhode Island."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

from three months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    Yes: $3

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: yes

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

7 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Review

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 1

Book reviews.

Interview

Max pieces: 1

Art

No specific limitations

Photography

No specific limitations

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems

Review

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 1

Book reviews.

Interview

Max pieces: 1

Art

No specific limitations

Photography

No specific limitations

Statistics

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Track submission

4

Total submissions tracked

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Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

-

Fastest response time

-

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or a PDF.

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

We do not accept unsolicited submissions from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation. Copies. Payment is one complimentary copy of the issue with additional copies available at 8 dollars per issue.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2011 | United States

The Ocean State Review is a prominent and visible yearly print journal, and includes the work of nationally and internationally recognized writers. We’ve recently published writing by Charles Bernstein, Rosmarie Waldrop, Keith Waldrop, Ron Padgett, Tomaž Šalamun, Nina Cassian, Veejay Seshadri, Dacia Maraini, Wendy S Walters, Donald Revell, Roberto Tejada, Patricia Smith, Lia Purpura, Tim O’Brien, Maria Tumarkin, Cole Swensen, Tiphanie Yanique, Philip Metres, Robin Hemley, Jacqueline Doyle, Amina Gautier, Timothy Liu, Denise Duhamel, and others.

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 :)

Charles Kell

Editor-in-Chief

Examples

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