WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR VOL.73!
SEND US YOUR BEST POEMS, SHORT FICTION, NONFICTION, PLAYS, AND ART
Our staff is currently reading submissions for Volume 73 (to be published May 2024). The submission deadline is December 15, 2023. During our reading period, submissions are evaluated on a rolling basis. If you submitted when our reading period was closed (May 2023 - August 2023), your work may not be considered and we encourage you to resubmit. (For submissions to the high school contest, please scroll to the bottom of this page for details.) If your submission had been accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission.
Editor's Statement
Send in your best work.
At Grub Street we look for works of outstanding literary merit that are in conversation with the current cultural and literary landscape. We accept submissions in the usual genres (fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and visual art), as well as submissions that are less easily categorized, including, for example, graphic stories, comics, one-act plays, collage, and visual poetry.
We read all submissions with care and attention, and we read blind to ensure a fair and impartial selection process. We welcome established and new writers, and we hope to create a diverse journal in which we showcase the voices of underrepresented and undiscovered writers alongside more established writers.
All submissions must be unpublished. Please follow the submission guidelines, below, to ensure that your work receives a place in our review process.
PDFs of our back issues can be found on our website: wp.towson.edu/grubstreetlitmag.
Submission Guidelines
Only previously unpublished works (either in print or online) will be considered for publication. Please submit one work per file. Do not submit group submissions (i.e., if you submit five poems, do not put all five poems into one document. Please create five separate documents for each poem.) We read submissions in a blind-review process, so please remove all identifying information from your works. (i.e; title pages, headers, document file titles, etc) Genre-specific guidelines are as follows:
- Poetry: Up to five poems may be submitted for consideration. Please submit one poem per document. Documents should be .doc or .docx files only.
- Fiction: Up to two pieces of fiction may be submitted for consideration. Please submit one prose piece per document. Documents should be .doc or .docx files only. Please keep each fiction submission under 6,000 words.
- Creative Nonfiction: Up to two pieces of creative nonfiction may be submitted for consideration. Please submit one prose piece per document. Documents should be .doc or .docx files only. Please keep each nonfiction submission under 6,000 words.
- Visual Art: Up to five works of visual art may be submitted for consideration. Visual art should be at least 4x6 inches and sent as a .png, .raw or high-quality .jpeg file with at least 300dpi and a size of at least 1MB.
If you have questions or concerns about these guidelines that are not addressed in our FAQ, please contact us via email at grubstreet1952@gmail.com.
High School Contest
Maryland high school students: Please send your best poetry, fiction, and/or creative nonfiction to grubstreet1952@gmail.com. Put "HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST" in the subject line. You may submit in multiple categories. You may submit up to five poems, three stories, and three essays. Stories and essays should not exceed 6,000 words. (You may also submit to the journal proper, regardless of submitting to the contest.
We look forward to receiving your work and wish you the best of luck in your literary and artistic endeavors.
ART SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Follow us @grubstreettu on Instagram to learn about our 2023 submission period dates.
Visual art should be at least 4x6 inches and sent as a .png, .tiff or high-quality .jpeg file type with at least 300 dpi.
Note: If your file is smaller than 1 MB in size it is likely that we will not be able to publish it, so please send us the highest quality file that you have.
Please limit your art submissions to a maximum of five. Submissions received in excess of this limit will not be reviewed.
FICTION SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Follow us @grubstreettu on Instagram to learn about our 2023 submission period dates.
Please submit only one work per file, and please limit your submissions to five poems and two prose pieces per issue. Any works submitted in excess of this limit will not be reviewed.
NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Follow us @grubstreettu on Instagram to learn about our 2023 submission period dates.
Please submit only one work per file, and please limit your submissions to five poems and two prose pieces per issue. Any works submitted in excess of this limit will not be reviewed.
POETRY SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Follow us @grubstreettu on Instagram to learn about our 2023 submission period dates.
Please submit only one work per file, and please limit your submissions to five poems and two prose pieces per issue. Any works submitted in excess of this limit will not be reviewed.