Guidelines

We read year-round. No correspondence (including manuscripts) will be read or acknowledged unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.

No electronic submissions, please.

Prose
We look for fiction and creative nonfiction of high quality--stories that aren't afraid to take risks. We aren't especially interested in genre fiction, though a good stories and essays transcends genre. We welcome experimental work. Please submit only one story or essay at a time.

Poems
We look for clear strong poems, filled with real people, emotions and objects. We welcome formal verse, but prefer poems in which form is secondary to content. Please submit no more than five poems at once.

Visual Art
Visual artists are encouraged to submit two-dimensional works in any medium for a color cover or black and white spread within the magazine. Submissions may be as paper photographs or electronically on cd rom or via web link, but we will not open any email attachments.

Short film and more
The Florida Review is now interested in all forms of film and new media. See our multimedia guidelines for details.

The Florida Review Editors Awards

The Florida Review Editors Awards offer $1000 prizes to winners in Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction submitted by our postmark deadline of March 15. Send us 3-5 poems, a single story or creative nonfiction essay (prose not to exceed 7,000 words) along with a $15 reading fee payable to The Florida Review.

We're impartial and we want to stay that way, so please do not put your name on your papers. Include a separate cover letter with your vitals: name, address, phone number, email address, and title(s) of works submitted

And just so you know, here are the winners from last year. Three writers whose work stood out among the 578 entries we received across the categories. Each winner walks away with $1000 in prize money and publication in our Fall 2005 issue.

In fiction, Josh Rolnick for "Innkeeping"

Finalists: S. A. Stepanek for "The Book of Usual Storms"
Midge Raymond for "Water Children"
Erin Fossett for "Safe"

In poetry, Jennifer Chapis for her selection for poems

Finalists: Melissa Morphew for her selections of poems
Dan Manchester for his selection of poems

In non-fiction, Jane Satterfield for "Knowhere, UK"

Finalists: Angie Carter for "A Table: Memoirs of a Meal"
Melanie Hammer for "I Used to Go to Old Timers' Games and Now I am One"

Congratulations to our winners and to everyone who entered the contest. The decision-making process was grueling as always--thanks for giving us the chance to read your work.
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