The Ocean State Review

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

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The Ocean State Review is a print literary journal accepting unsolicited fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and book reviews through Submittable during its annual reading period.

Response time info: three months until our closing date

Read the full guidelines at oceanstatereview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30$3 reading fee per submission; fee waivers may be discussedPays: One complimentary copy of the issue, with additional copies available for $10 each.

Open to: Not open to current University of Rhode Island students; URI alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. Previous contributors must wait one year before resubmitting.

Accepts up to 5,000 words. Submissions run April 5 through November 30; issue publication is in the following fall. Previously published or AI-created work is not accepted.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30$3 reading fee per submission; fee waivers may be discussedPays: One complimentary copy of the issue, with additional copies available for $10 each.

Open to: Not open to current University of Rhode Island students; URI alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. Previous contributors must wait one year before resubmitting.

Accepts nonfiction up to 5,000 words, including scholarship with a creative bent. Submissions run April 5 through November 30; issue publication is in the following fall. Previously published or AI-created work is not accepted.

otherEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30$3 reading fee per submission; fee waivers may be discussedPays: One complimentary copy of the issue, with additional copies available for $10 each.

Open to: Not open to current University of Rhode Island students; URI alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. Previous contributors must wait one year before resubmitting.

Accepts book reviews and interviews of 1,000–1,500 words. Submissions run April 5 through November 30; issue publication is in the following fall. Previously published or AI-created work is not accepted.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 30$3 reading fee per submission; fee waivers may be discussedPays: One complimentary copy of the issue, with additional copies available for $10 each.

Open to: Not open to current University of Rhode Island students; URI alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. Previous contributors must wait one year before resubmitting.

Submit 3–5 unpublished poems in one document, not exceeding ten pages. Submissions run April 5 through November 30; issue publication is in the following fall. Previously published or AI-created work is not accepted.

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