The Tusculum Review

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The Tusculum Review is an annual print literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction (essays/memoir), drama, comics, and translations, with a rotating chapbook contest and a focus on both experimental and traditional work.

Response time info: ~180 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at ttr.tusculum.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionCloses Dec 31Pays: 2 copies

Fiction submissions under 7,000 words (24 double-spaced pages); all styles and genres welcome, including comics and graphic novel sequences (1-8 pages) of fiction or autofiction. Reading period: year round; work received after September 1 considered for the following year's volume.

nonfictionCloses Dec 31Pays: 2 copies

Essays and memoir (under 7,000 words); welcomes formal variety and intertextuality; book reviews under two pages (submit as essays and note in cover letter); original translations into English also accepted. Reading period: year round; work received after September 1 considered for the following yea

otherCloses Dec 31Pays: 2 copies

Drama: one-act plays (10–30 minutes, up to 30 pages), focused on character and insight, suitable for small casts and low budgets; comics/graphic novel sequences (1–8 pages) of fiction, autofiction, or nonfiction. Reading period: year round; work received after September 1 considered for the followin

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: 2 copies

General poetry submissions of up to five pages; all styles and traditions welcome, including narrative, experimental, and surreal; see Poetry Editor's note for preferences. Reading period: year round; work received after September 1 considered for the following year's volume.

poetryLiteraryPays: Publication, 2 copies, commissioned illustrations

2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize: poetry cycle to be published as a chapbook and in the journal, judged by Nate Marshall; winner receives publication and commissioned illustrations. Contest closes June 15, 2026.

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