Trace Fossils Review

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Trace Fossils Review is a quarterly publication seeking challenging poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, with a current Winter submission window.

Response time info: Most decisions are made within sixteen weeks of submission.

Read the full guidelines at tracefossilsreview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

One piece at a time, with a maximum of 4,000 words; pieces shorter than 300 words may be submitted up to three at a time per period. The Winter submission period runs September-October and closes October 31 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

nonfictionLiterary

Accepts personal essays, journalism, memoirs, lyric essays, critical essays, and similar work; one piece per reading period, maximum 4,000 words. The Winter submission period runs September-October and closes October 31 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

poetryLiterary

Up to three pieces per period, no longer than 132 lines total (three print pages). The Winter submission period runs September-October and closes October 31 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

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