Shadow Falls Review

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Shadow Falls Review is a University of St. Thomas literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art, with a focus on intentional, revised, emotionally resonant work.

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fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Jan 20, 2027Pays: Contributors receive two copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current St. Thomas students and alumni of the last five years are ineligible; contributors must wait at least two years before submitting again.

Submit one story at a time; stories must be 5,000 words or fewer. Up to three flash pieces may be submitted in one document, each no more than 750 words. Traditional genre writing is unlikely to find a home here.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Jan 20, 2027Pays: Contributors receive two copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current St. Thomas students and alumni of the last five years are ineligible; contributors must wait at least two years before submitting again.

Accepts literary essays, personal essays, flash, and hybrid work. Nonfiction pieces must be no more than 5,000 words.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Jan 20, 2027Pays: Contributors receive two copies of the issue; payment is not stated.

Open to: Current St. Thomas students and alumni of the last five years are ineligible; contributors must wait at least two years before submitting again.

Submit 3-5 poems in a single document. There is no length restriction per poem; experimentation with form is welcome, though work may be reformatted to fit the journal's page size.

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