Submission Guidelines
Poetry
To submit, send 3-5 poems in a single .doc or .docx file to 149poetry@gmail.com. Please include a cover letter and third-person bio in the body of your email. The poems should be single spaced and in a standard 12 point font. Our open reading periods for Poetry are February 1-April 30 for our Summer Issue and July 1-September 31 for our Winter Issue.
Creative Nonfiction
To submit, send one essay in a single .doc or .docx file to 149nonfiction@gmail.com. Please include a cover letter and third-person bio in the body of your email. Please send us your most polished work of up to 5,000 words, though we prefer 3,000 or less. We will be considering Creative Nonfiction year round starting January 1st, 2025.
Visual Art
We will also be looking to consider art of any form in our issues. Whether it’s photography, oil painting, or any other form of visual art, as long as we have the pieces in .jpeg, .jpg, or .png format, we would like to consider it. Submit up to 6 pieces at a time to 149art@gmail.com. We will be open for art submissions year round starting January 1st, 2025.
What We’re Looking For
Poetry:
Given 149 Review’s dedication to highlighting craft, we want work that is intentional with everything it presents to us. We like poetry with interesting line tension, clear images, thought-provoking soundwork, and creative formal experimentation. Shock us, haunt us, demand that we listen to what you have to say. Inspire us, as writers, to look at the world in a new way. After all, that is what good art does—it transforms us.
Creative Nonfiction:
We’d love to see work that tries something new; the essays that you second-guess submitting, whether it be lyric, personal, or researched. While we can all enjoy a well put-together memoir—or even an analytical essay—from time to time, 149 Review encourages the exploration of intimate perspectives and experiences by stretching the boundaries of the medium.
Craft Prize
Every issue, our editors will choose 3 poems and 1 creative essay that utilize the tools of their craft exceptionally well. Whether it’s the use of line break, mode, or ostranenie in poetry or whitespace, narrative braiding, or POV in Nonfiction, if your work moves our editors with a mastery of craft, we want to highlight it.
This is a non-monetary prize with the intent to acknowledge the hard work of our contributors. It takes an incredible amount of time to develop a command over one’s craft toolkit, and as writers ourselves, we want to put that effort on display.
All accepted submissions will be in contention for our craft prizes, so there is no need to send a separate submission to be considered.
The Specifics
We accept simultaneous submissions as long as you notify us immediately if the piece is accepted elsewhere. To let us know, please reply to your submission email with your withdrawal. If your work is accepted by us, we kindly ask that you withdraw your poems from other consideration as quickly as possible. We do not accept reprints.
Please submit once per reading period for poetry, and no more frequently than every three months for CNF and visual art. If you have been published in 149 previously, please wait a year from your work’s publication date before resubmitting.
Upon acceptance, we reserve First North American Serial Rights. Following publication, all rights revert to the author, but we ask that 149 Review is credited in subsequent reprints. On top of this, we will be looking to submit to all major anthologies once given the opportunity.
We will not be considering work that utilizes AI as a writing aid nor will we consider work that has any AI generated content within it. Please avoid submitting if this applies to your work.
Contact Us
If you have a question or need to contact us please use the form below. Responding to submissions takes time, so please do not query us until at least 90 days have passed.
