guidelines:

Familiarize Yourself with Our Publication:

  • We strongly encourage submitters to familiarize themselves with work previously published by The Metaphysical Review.

Reading Fee:

  • We do not charge a reading fee for general submissions.

Accepted Formats and Lengths:

any work is accepted, but previously published material is not accepted

We consider previously unpublished:

  • Short fiction and essays (up to 7,500 words)

  • Flash fiction and essays (up to 3 pieces, up to 1,000 words each; please format and submit as a single document)

  • Poetry (up to 6 poems; please format and submit as a single document)

  • Plays (up to 30 pages double-spaced)

  • Excerpts (up to 30 pages double-spaced) from larger works

  • ART! Yes, for this issue, we accept art! please submit art related to the theme of dusk.

    • please provide clear, cropped images or photocopies, no blurriness allowed :)

Submission Methods:

  • We only accept submissions by email at this time (email: the.metaphysical.review@gmail.com).

Revisions and Withdrawals:

  • We do not accept revisions to submissions once the submission period is closed.

  • Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere.

Response Times:

  • Response times will vary, but we aim to respond to all submissions within a month. Feel free to query us at the.metaphysical.review@gmail.com after 1 month for an update.

Contact

  • Authors will receive an email upon acceptance upon publication.