The Ocean State Review

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The Ocean State Review is a print journal accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, book reviews, interviews, and scholarship with a creative bent during its annual April-to-November reading period.

Response time info: three months until the closing date

Read the full guidelines at oceanstatereview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Apr 5, 2027

Up to 5,000 words. The submission and reading period runs from April 5 to November 30; issue publication follows in the fall. Previously published work is not accepted.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Apr 5, 2027

Up to 5,000 words. The submission and reading period runs from April 5 to November 30; issue publication follows in the fall. Previously published work is not accepted.

otherOpens Apr 5, 2027

Book reviews and interviews should be 1,000–1,500 words. The submission and reading period runs from April 5 to November 30; issue publication follows in the fall. Previously published work is not accepted.

otherOpens Apr 5, 2027

The journal accepts scholarship with a creative bent. The submission and reading period runs from April 5 to November 30; issue publication follows in the fall. Previously published work is not accepted.

poetryLiteraryOpens Apr 5, 2027

Submit 3–5 poems in one document, not exceeding ten pages. The submission and reading period runs from April 5 to November 30; issue publication follows in the fall. Previously published work is not accepted.

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