Four Way Review

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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Four Way Review is an independent triannual electronic literary journal accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translations from established and emerging authors.

Response time info: within 90 days

Read the full guidelines at fourwayreview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryFee: $3 during February, March, May, June, July, September, October, and December; free in January, April, August, and November.Pays: Small honorarium.

Finished stories that are whole and surprising; longer submissions must be below 6,000 words. Submit one piece at a time and no more than three pieces per year. Short shorts must be under 1,000 words, with up to three flash pieces per submission. Unsolicited submissions are considered year-round. A $3 submission fee applies during part of the year; submissions are fee-free in January, April, August, and November, when the genre may close if its maximum is reached.

nonfictionLiteraryFee: $3 during February, March, May, June, July, September, October, and December; free in January, April, August, and November.Pays: Small honorarium.

Creative nonfiction that surprises and pushes at the corners of the form; longer submissions must be below 6,000 words. Submit one piece at a time and no more than three pieces per year. Flash nonfiction must be under 1,000 words, with up to three flash pieces per submission. Unsolicited submissions are considered year-round. A $3 submission fee applies during part of the year; submissions are fee-free in January, April, August, and November, when the genre may close if its maximum is reached.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: $3 during February, March, May, June, July, September, October, and December; free in January, April, August, and November.Pays: Small honorarium.

Open to: Translators must have permission from the author or rights holder to publish the translation.

Translations of all styles and forms of writing are accepted, following the poetry, fiction, and nonfiction guidelines; prose must be below 6,000 words. Submit no more than three times per year and include the original piece if possible. Permission from the author or rights holder is required. Unsolicited submissions are considered year-round. A $3 submission fee applies during part of the year; submissions are fee-free in January, April, August, and November, when the genre may close if its maximum is reached.

poetryLiteraryFee: $3 during February, March, May, June, July, September, October, and December; free in January, April, August, and November.Pays: Small honorarium.

All styles and forms of poetry; submit three to five poems per submission, no more than three submissions per year. Unsolicited submissions are considered year-round. A $3 submission fee applies during part of the year; submissions are fee-free in January, April, August, and November, when the genre may close if its maximum is reached.

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