Submissions
The editors invite submissions of fiction, literary nonfiction, essays, poetry and photography in traditional and experimental styles.
Authors are encouraged to be creative with their interpretations of our themes. For further reference on these, see our ‘about’ page. Our editors approach every submission with an open-mind, prioritising above anything else, work that is powerful, evocative and colourful.
FICTION: Flash fiction up to 1000 words and short stories up to 5000 words.
NONFICTION: Literary nonfiction, essays and photo essays in traditional and experimental styles up to 10,000 words.
POETRY: Poems are submittable either individually or as part of a collection of up to 12 poems.
PHOTOGRAPHY: We consider submissions of up to 25 photos at once, either in their own right, or as part of a photo essay.
Submission Guidelines
We invite submissions year round and publish according to the volume and quality of our submissions, aiming to provide our readers with a minimum of a new piece every two weeks.
How to send us your work: Submissions should be sent for the attention of the editors by email to marlowe@themarlowereview.com
Formatting your work: All manuscripts should be in 12-point type and submitted in PDF or word docx. form. Fiction and nonfiction should be double-spaced. Poetry should be single-spaced. The title of the work, the author’s name, address, telephone number, and email should be typed at the top of the first page. Contributors are asked to include a brief biographical note with their submissions of no more than 250 words.
Photography & Illustrations: For submissions of non-fiction, fiction and poetry, we encourage authors to submit a selection of no more than five photographs or illustrations to accompany their work, though this is not mandatory for consideration. If you submit photographs or illustrations that are not your own, we ask for them to be accompanied with full accreditation to the photographer or artist.
For submissions of photography and photo essays, you may submit up to 25 photos. Photographers may submit as many times as they like as long as each submission is limited to 25 photos. Photos must be uploaded as image files in 72 dpi GIF, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF format.
Simultaneous submissions: We accept and encourage simultaneous submissions. We just ask that you let us know as soon as possible, should a piece be accepted elsewhere, so that we can discount it from consideration.
Previously Published Work: We do not accept previously published work.
Physical Submissions: We do not accept mailed submissions.
Agented Submissions: We do not accept agented submissions. Submissions must come directly from the author.
International Submissions: We encourage submissions from every corner of the world.
Payment: The Marlowe Review is a free online magazine currently operating without a budget, and all editorial and production work done on this issue is unpaid. As such, we are unable to pay for submissions at this time.