Submissions for Issue 72 ARE now open.

GRR accepts submissions for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and reviews for publication [synchronously] online & in-print. For this submission period, we are only accepting fiction and nonfiction submissions. Poetry submissions will be accepted again for a future issue cycle.

  • Note: Unfortunately, due to reaching our maximum allotted annual free submissions on Submittable, we must now charge a $2 USD submission fee.

  • We look forward to reading your work! See our general guidelines below.

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Submission Guidelines

For poetry, we welcome submissions of 3-6 poems, up to ten pages in total. (Note: we are not reading poetry for GRR Issue 72.)

  • Please submit all poems in one document (.pdf, .docx, .doc), with each poem on its own page, in Times New Roman or Garamond.

  • Send visual poetry in this category as well.

  • Please also include, in your cover letter, a short third-person bio.

We welcome fiction submissions up to 9,000 words. Please submit only one story.

  • We are looking for fully embodied stories that remind us of what it means to be alive, that show us something new, and that stand up over many reads, deepening each time.

  • Unless special formatting is required, please submit your story in Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced, with page numbers.

  • Please include a short third-person bio in your cover letter.

Nonfiction submissions may also be up to 9,000 words. Please submit only one piece.

  • We seek nonfiction that bends—but doesn't break—the genre.

  • We appreciate risk-taking with structure, chronology, form, and other elements of nonfiction (save for truth—there’s no messing with that) that tell a richly textured story.

  • We are open to memoir that goes beyond the personal story to engage with larger ideas through the use of research, multiple narrative voices, and chronological deviations.

  • Nonfiction will be fact checked.

  • Unless special formatting is required, please submit your work in Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced, with page numbers.

  • Please include a short third-person bio in your cover letter.

We respect your commitment to your work and your desire to get it out into the world, so we do accept simultaneous submissions. We only ask that if your piece is accepted elsewhere, you let us know immediately by withdrawing the piece, if it is prose, or, for poetry, by adding a note to the Submittable submission telling us which poem(s) from your submission you are withdrawing.

We value your work, so we will try to respond to your submission as soon as possible. However, as we receive hundreds—sometimes thousands—of submissions, sometimes backups to occur. Please feel free to query if you have not heard back from us within six [6] months.

If you would like to submit a review essay for consideration, please contact us directly at grr@umn.edu.

 

2023 Pink Poetry Prize

Each year, we accept submissions for the Pink Poetry Prize, a $1,000 USD award that’s given for a single poem.

  • Please submit up to three poems (10 page limit) in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format.

  • We accept all styles of poetry, including visual poetry.

  • Submissions are CLOSED.