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General

Jan 1, 2024 - Mar 1, 2024

Guidelines

"A new journal hosted by Wayne State University, trying to collapse the distance between creative, critical, and "academic" writing."

"A new journal hosted by Wayne State University, trying to collapse the distance between creative, critical, and "academic" writing."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

1-2 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes: $50

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

11 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Whether it’s pure fiction, nothing but the truth, or somewhere in between, we welcome anything you might call prose. We’d really like to see...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Or up to three pieces of 500 words or less

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

In addition to traditional shorts stories and flash, creative nonfiction submissions can be lyric essay, memoir, researched narrative, perso...

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Or up to three pieces of 500 words or less

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

We accept all types of poetry and encourage submissions that play around with the “page." From confessional to conceptual, send poetry that ...

Hybrid

We want any art in any modality, and digital media for anything that can't be understood in a static frame. Send us sculptures or installati...

Review

Max words: 2500

Thoughts, theories, opinions, emotions, experiences, synesthesic translations, and anything else in a manageable file type, up to 2,500 word...

Art

Max pieces: 10

Photography

Max pieces: 10

Audio

No specific limitations

Video

No specific limitations

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Whether it’s pure fiction, nothing but the truth, or somewhere in between, we welcome anything you might call prose. We’d really like to see...

Flash Fiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Or up to three pieces of 500 words or less

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

In addition to traditional shorts stories and flash, creative nonfiction submissions can be lyric essay, memoir, researched narrative, perso...

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Or up to three pieces of 500 words or less

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

We accept all types of poetry and encourage submissions that play around with the “page." From confessional to conceptual, send poetry that ...

Hybrid

We want any art in any modality, and digital media for anything that can't be understood in a static frame. Send us sculptures or installati...

Review

Max words: 2500

Thoughts, theories, opinions, emotions, experiences, synesthesic translations, and anything else in a manageable file type, up to 2,500 word...

Art

Max pieces: 10

Photography

Max pieces: 10

Audio

No specific limitations

Video

No specific limitations

Statistics

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Track submission

20

Total submissions tracked

41 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

6 days

Fastest response time

75 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Include a short cover letter & bio in the body of your email; we’d like to know who you are, not just who’s published you — if you’re in, from, or have roots in Detroit, let us know! While students, faculty, and staff, currently or formerly (within reason) affiliated with Wayne State University are ineligible for consideration or publication of original work, anyone is welcome to submit reviews & responses.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Written submissions should be sent as a doc, docx, or pdf, while hybrid and digital submissions can be in any file type you think we can access without additional software.

Rights for published work

The Woodward Review purchases first North American print publication rights only; all other rights are retained by the author. We will also offer the option of publishing under a Creative Commons license.

Additional info

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About the Magazine

Founded in 2022 | United States

The Woodward Review seeks poetry, prose, art, hybrid and digital media, and the conversations these different forms can inspire. TWR is built on the mutual exchange between creative work and its reception. Whether your response is personal, critical, or creative, collisions with art are never passive.

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 :)

Isaac Pickell

Editor-in-Chief

Melissa Moore

Managing Editor

Vincent Perrone

Editor

Lam Pham

Editor