Submission Guidelines for South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art 2012 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest

Our 2012 contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted their work. Please continue to check back with us as the winner will be announced later this month.

Award: $1,000 and publication in our September 2012 (Volume 14) issue.

Judging: Ander Monson will judge the contest and the winner will be announced to the public by June 1, 2012. All writers who enter will be notified by email of the judge’s decision.

Submission Guidelines for South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art Print Magazine

South Loop Review’s reading period is now closed. We are not accepting submissions postmarked from May 1 to September 1. Your submission will be returned to you during that time.

Our new reading period will begin on September 1.

Simultaneous submissions accepted. The response time varies according to the number of submissions received. We also accept email submissions through Tell It Slant our new submissions management firm.

We do not accept:

   · work that is more than 20 text pages
   · work that has been previously published
   · more than two (2) text works per submission year
   · more than five (5) photographic/artistic works

We are looking for diverse voices. We publish essays and memoir, lyric and experimental forms, non-linear narratives and blended genre.

Photographers and artists are highly encouraged to submit their work. We are looking for photography and art that creates a strong resonance. We ask that photographers and artists submit an 8x10 photo copy of your work. If accepted, we will request a high resolution jpg.

We recommend that you look at an issue before submitting.

You may submit by email through Tell It Slant at http://tellitslant.com/home/journal_details/9 or by hard copy with cover letter and SASE to:

South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art
Columbia College Chicago
English Department
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605

Submission Guidelines for South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art Online Magazine

We accept submissions year round. Simultaneous submissions accepted. The response time varies according to the number of submissions received.

We do NOT accept:

   · work that is more than 8-12 text pages
   · work that has been previously published
   · more than two (2) text works per submission year
   · photography and art; please see South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art Print Magazine Submission Guidelines to submit by hard copy.

SLR Online is looking for work that is more contemporary in voice and aesthetics. We welcome experimental forms of creative nonfiction such as segmented essays, montage memoir, illustrated or graphic memoir, and short form creative nonfiction. We encourage blended genre submissions such as photo essays and blogs. We are also looking for pieces that tell a story through image + word. SLR Online does not publish artwork or photography.

All submissions should be sent as an attachment in a .doc (or any variation of a Word document) format to: southlooponline@colum.edu