For complete information, see: https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/
Poetry: Submit up to six poems (three for free submissions). Length and format are open. Poems should be single-spaced. Begin each poem on a new page, and clearly indicate when a poem extends beyond one page. There are no absolute length limits, but remember that the longer a poem, the better it has to be. We strongly dislike submissions that consist of only one poem.
Flash: Submit one piece of no more than 1000 words. We do accept micros, and we publish both fiction and creative nonfiction. Please only send one piece at a time regardless of length. Flash submissions are free.
Prose: Submit one piece of between 1000 and 5000 words. Prose submissions can be works of fiction or nonfiction. We do not accept excerpts of longer works. Prose submissions for Black/Indigenous writers are free.
Visual art/photography: Submit images of up to 20 works. Images must be of publishable quality. We encourage, but do not require, illustrative titles to contextualize submitted media. If you work in hybrid forms of image + text, please use this category to submit.
Mixed-genre/mixed-media: We love mixed-genre and mixed-media pieces! If you have work that doesn’t fit neatly into the below categories, that doesn’t mean we won’t want to see it. Choose the most appropriate and include a note—we’ll figure it out.
