Raleigh Review

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, and poetry.

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Raleigh Review is a nonprofit literary magazine publishing poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction, with annual and alternating-year prizes.

Response time info: typically 1-3 months, occasionally 3-6 months

Read the full guidelines at raleighreview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Oct 31Pays: Optional payment is currently $15 per work used and one copy of the magazine.

General submissions are open January 1-March 31 and October 1-October 31. Short fiction is 1,001-7,500 words; stories around 4,000-5,000 words are more likely to be accepted, and literary stories with genre elements are welcome.

flashLiteraryCloses Oct 31Fee-free or tip jar optionalPays: Prize winners are paid by direct deposit; those without a bank account receive extra copies of the issue.

The Raleigh Review Flash Fiction Prize is open October 1-October 31 every year. Works of flash fiction are up to 1,000 words.

poetryLiteraryCloses Oct 31Pays: Optional payment is currently $15 per work used and one copy of the magazine.

General submissions are open January 1-March 31 and July 1-October 31; send up to five poems in one file. The magazine seeks emotionally and intellectually complex poetry, including lyric and narrative work.

flashLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

General submissions are open January 1-March 31. Flash fiction is up to 1,000 words; narrative elements are preferred, and literary stories with genre elements are welcome.

otherLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2027

The Geri Digiorno Multi-Genre Prize opens January 1-June 1 in odd years and is decided in odd years.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jan 1, 2028

The Laux/Millar Raleigh Review Poetry Book Prize opens January 1-June 1 in even years and is decided in even years.

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