Submissions open 1 month early in honor of AWP! 

We accept unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, scholarship with a creative bent, and book reviews. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or a PDF. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Please read below for formatting requirements and guidelines.

Our reading period runs from April 5 to November 30. Because of the high volume of submissions we receive, response time ranges from three months until our closing date. Payment is one complimentary copy of the issue with additional copies available at 10 dollars per issue. 

To help maintain the high quality of our print journal, and to offset costs, we have reluctantly decided to charge a three dollar reading fee for each submission. If you cannot meet this fee, please contact us at oceanstatereview@gmail.com and we can discuss alternatives, such as a fee waiver.

We do not accept unsolicited submissions from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.

In order to expedite our reading of your work and to simplify the process for you, we’re pleased to have moved exclusively to online submissions via Submittable. To submit, please click here.

Word count and length guidelines:

• Poetry: 3-5 unpublished poems in one document (not to exceed ten pages). 
• Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 5000 words. 
• Book Reviews & Interviews: 1000-1500 words. 

Format requirements: 

• Word or PDF files only for prose and poetry. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Art submissions may be submitted as a pdf, jpg, or png file.
• Prose submissions should be in standard manuscript format: Double-spaced, left aligned, Times New Roman font, 12-point type, one-inch margins, and paginated.
• Poetry submissions should follow the above standard formatting but with single spacing, unless formally intended by the poet.
• If you are submitting a hybrid work that breaks with these formatting conventions purposefully, please indicate so in your cover letter.

Submission process:

• Submit via our Submittable portal. Our submission period runs from April 5 to November 30, with issue publication in the following fall.
• Please include a cover letter and short author’s bio (bio length: 50-100 words) with your submission. We want to hear from you!
• We do not accept previously published material. This includes publication in any public venue, including print, web, personal blogs, and social media.
• We accept simultaneous submissions; please notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. 
• We accept no changes to the submitted work between time of submission & time of acceptance. If accepted, we will open up any editorial discussion for requests and changes with the contributor.  
• We ask that previous contributors to Ocean State Review wait 1 year before sending work to us again.
• We do not accept work from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.
• We do not accept submissions created by or with the assistance of AI.

Rights. Ocean State Review requests first serial rights, and all rights revert back to the author upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in Ocean State Review. If the work is later republished, we request that you note its initial publication in Ocean State Review. We also request the right, with author permission, to use your work for promotional purposes. At this time, we cannot publish any material that includes song lyrics not originally produced by the contributor.

Submissions open 1 month early in honor of AWP! 

We accept unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, scholarship with a creative bent, and book reviews. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or a PDF. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Please read below for formatting requirements and guidelines.

Our reading period runs from April 5 to November 30. Because of the high volume of submissions we receive, response time ranges from three months until our closing date. Payment is one complimentary copy of the issue with additional copies available at 10 dollars per issue. 

To help maintain the high quality of our print journal, and to offset costs, we have reluctantly decided to charge a three dollar reading fee for each submission. If you cannot meet this fee, please contact us at oceanstatereview@gmail.com and we can discuss alternatives, such as a fee waiver.

We do not accept unsolicited submissions from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.

In order to expedite our reading of your work and to simplify the process for you, we’re pleased to have moved exclusively to online submissions via Submittable. To submit, please click here.

Word count and length guidelines:

• Poetry: 3-5 unpublished poems in one document (not to exceed ten pages). 
• Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 5000 words. 
• Book Reviews & Interviews: 1000-1500 words. 

Format requirements: 

• Word or PDF files only for prose and poetry. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Art submissions may be submitted as a pdf, jpg, or png file.
• Prose submissions should be in standard manuscript format: Double-spaced, left aligned, Times New Roman font, 12-point type, one-inch margins, and paginated.
• Poetry submissions should follow the above standard formatting but with single spacing, unless formally intended by the poet.
• If you are submitting a hybrid work that breaks with these formatting conventions purposefully, please indicate so in your cover letter.

Submission process:

• Submit via our Submittable portal. Our submission period runs from April 5 to November 30, with issue publication in the following fall.
• Please include a cover letter and short author’s bio (bio length: 50-100 words) with your submission. We want to hear from you!
• We do not accept previously published material. This includes publication in any public venue, including print, web, personal blogs, and social media.
• We accept simultaneous submissions; please notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. 
• We accept no changes to the submitted work between time of submission & time of acceptance. If accepted, we will open up any editorial discussion for requests and changes with the contributor.  
• We ask that previous contributors to Ocean State Review wait 1 year before sending work to us again.
• We do not accept work from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.
• We do not accept submissions created by or with the assistance of AI.

Rights. Ocean State Review requests first serial rights, and all rights revert back to the author upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in Ocean State Review. If the work is later republished, we request that you note its initial publication in Ocean State Review. We also request the right, with author permission, to use your work for promotional purposes. At this time, we cannot publish any material that includes song lyrics not originally produced by the contributor.

Submissions open 1 month early in honor of AWP! 

We accept unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, scholarship with a creative bent, and book reviews. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or a PDF. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Please read below for formatting requirements and guidelines.

Our reading period runs from April 5 to November 30. Because of the high volume of submissions we receive, response time ranges from three months until our closing date. Payment is one complimentary copy of the issue with additional copies available at 10 dollars per issue. 

To help maintain the high quality of our print journal, and to offset costs, we have reluctantly decided to charge a three dollar reading fee for each submission. If you cannot meet this fee, please contact us at oceanstatereview@gmail.com and we can discuss alternatives, such as a fee waiver.

We do not accept unsolicited submissions from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.

In order to expedite our reading of your work and to simplify the process for you, we’re pleased to have moved exclusively to online submissions via Submittable. To submit, please click here.

Word count and length guidelines:

• Poetry: 3-5 unpublished poems in one document (not to exceed ten pages). 
• Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 5000 words. 
• Book Reviews & Interviews: 1000-1500 words. 

Format requirements: 

• Word or PDF files only for prose and poetry. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Art submissions may be submitted as a pdf, jpg, or png file.
• Prose submissions should be in standard manuscript format: Double-spaced, left aligned, Times New Roman font, 12-point type, one-inch margins, and paginated.
• Poetry submissions should follow the above standard formatting but with single spacing, unless formally intended by the poet.
• If you are submitting a hybrid work that breaks with these formatting conventions purposefully, please indicate so in your cover letter.

Submission process:

• Submit via our Submittable portal. Our submission period runs from April 5 to November 30, with issue publication in the following fall.
• Please include a cover letter and short author’s bio (bio length: 50-100 words) with your submission. We want to hear from you!
• We do not accept previously published material. This includes publication in any public venue, including print, web, personal blogs, and social media.
• We accept simultaneous submissions; please notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. 
• We accept no changes to the submitted work between time of submission & time of acceptance. If accepted, we will open up any editorial discussion for requests and changes with the contributor.  
• We ask that previous contributors to Ocean State Review wait 1 year before sending work to us again.
• We do not accept work from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.
• We do not accept submissions created by or with the assistance of AI.

Rights. Ocean State Review requests first serial rights, and all rights revert back to the author upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in Ocean State Review. If the work is later republished, we request that you note its initial publication in Ocean State Review. We also request the right, with author permission, to use your work for promotional purposes. At this time, we cannot publish any material that includes song lyrics not originally produced by the contributor.

Submissions open 1 month early in honor of AWP! 

We accept unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, scholarship with a creative bent, and book reviews. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or a PDF. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Please read below for formatting requirements and guidelines.

Our reading period runs from April 5 to November 30. Because of the high volume of submissions we receive, response time ranges from three months until our closing date. Payment is one complimentary copy of the issue with additional copies available at 10 dollars per issue. 

To help maintain the high quality of our print journal, and to offset costs, we have reluctantly decided to charge a three dollar reading fee for each submission. If you cannot meet this fee, please contact us at oceanstatereview@gmail.com and we can discuss alternatives, such as a fee waiver.

We do not accept unsolicited submissions from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.

In order to expedite our reading of your work and to simplify the process for you, we’re pleased to have moved exclusively to online submissions via Submittable. To submit, please click here.

Word count and length guidelines:

• Poetry: 3-5 unpublished poems in one document (not to exceed ten pages). 
• Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 5000 words. 
• Book Reviews & Interviews: 1000-1500 words. 

Format requirements: 

• Word or PDF files only for prose and poetry. If we accept a file in PDF, we will need a Word (or compatible) version. Art submissions may be submitted as a pdf, jpg, or png file.
• Prose submissions should be in standard manuscript format: Double-spaced, left aligned, Times New Roman font, 12-point type, one-inch margins, and paginated.
• Poetry submissions should follow the above standard formatting but with single spacing, unless formally intended by the poet.
• If you are submitting a hybrid work that breaks with these formatting conventions purposefully, please indicate so in your cover letter.

Submission process:

• Submit via our Submittable portal. Our submission period runs from April 5 to November 30, with issue publication in the following fall.
• Please include a cover letter and short author’s bio (bio length: 50-100 words) with your submission. We want to hear from you!
• We do not accept previously published material. This includes publication in any public venue, including print, web, personal blogs, and social media.
• We accept simultaneous submissions; please notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. 
• We accept no changes to the submitted work between time of submission & time of acceptance. If accepted, we will open up any editorial discussion for requests and changes with the contributor.  
• We ask that previous contributors to Ocean State Review wait 1 year before sending work to us again.
• We do not accept work from current University of Rhode Island students. Alumni are welcome to submit if and only if three or more years have passed since their graduation.
• We do not accept submissions created by or with the assistance of AI.

Rights. Ocean State Review requests first serial rights, and all rights revert back to the author upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in Ocean State Review. If the work is later republished, we request that you note its initial publication in Ocean State Review. We also request the right, with author permission, to use your work for promotional purposes. At this time, we cannot publish any material that includes song lyrics not originally produced by the contributor.