Black Warrior Review
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About
Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, Black Warrior Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners alongside emerging writers. Stories and poems appearing in Black Warrior Review have been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize series, Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South, and other anthologies. Each issue features a chapbook from an up-and-coming writer in any genre.
Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for some submissions. They charge fees for fiction, poetry, and some nonfiction, except for those who identify as Black or Indigenous.
Country of Publication & Year Established
 United States |
Established in 1974 |
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Publication Medium & Frequency
| PPrint Publication | Print Publication | Published 2 x per year. |
Fiction Open Fee-based
We want work that familiarizes the strange and mystifies the familiar. Traditionally, BWR accepts work that takes risk or is experimental, in lieu of convention and/or grammatical cleanliness.
- Dates:
Open to fee-based fiction submissions through 01 March 2023* (approx. 83 days from now). 4
- Audience:
- Open to a broad Audience.
- Genres:
- Styles:
- Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.
- Topics:
- Open to all/most Topics.
- Types/Lengths:
| Type | Length Details |
|---|
| FFlash Fiction Flash Fiction | Up to 1,000 words. |
| SShort Story Short Story | 1,000 - 7,000 words. |
- Payscale:
- We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.
| SSemi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to PProfessional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word). |
- Submissions:
| Electronic | Postal | Reprints | Simultaneous | Media |
|---|
| OK | No | No | OK | Text format submissions |
- Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.
* We do not know the time and/or timezone, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.
Nonfiction Open Fee-based
An Invitation: BWR non-fiction very much seeks the non-canon; pieces outside western traditions; pieces that defy any such categorization. We would like to extend this invitation especially to BIPOC writers.
- Audience:
- Open to a broad Audience.
- Styles:
- Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.
- Topics:
- Open to all/most Topics.
- Types/Lengths:
| Type | Length Details |
|---|
| YEssay Essay | Up to 7,000 words. |
| ZNarrative Nonfiction Narrative Nonfiction | Up to 7,000 words. |
- Payscale:
- We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.
| SSemi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to PProfessional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word). |
- Submissions:
| Electronic | Postal | Reprints | Simultaneous | Media |
|---|
| OK | No | No | OK | Text format submissions |
- Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.
Poetry Open Fee-based
BWR is seeking poems of sociopolitical and emotional immediacy. Poems of surprise. Poems that remain thumping in the body, long after reading. Revelation and breakthrough, as well as the mundane. The delicacy of detail, the enormity of light. BWR wants poems of rage and tenderness, quiet and quivering, poems delivering more questions than answers. We are seeking poems outside the historical canon, poems of innovative form, poems delivering broader perspectives. And all this to say, we don’t know what immediacy we are seeking until you show us.
- Dates:
Open to fee-based poetry submissions through 01 March 2023* (approx. 83 days from now). 13
- Audience:
- Open to a broad Audience.
- Genres:
- Poetry Forms:
- Open to all/most Forms.
- Styles:
- Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.
- Topics:
- Open to all/most Topics.
- Types/Lengths:
| Type | Length Details |
|---|
| PPoem Poem | No line limits known; Up to 5 pieces. |
- Payscale:
- We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.
| PProfessional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem). |
- Submissions:
| Electronic | Postal | Reprints | Simultaneous | Media |
|---|
| OK | No | No | OK | Text format submissions |
- Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.
* We do not know the time and/or timezone, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.
Visual Art Open
Although we usually solicit one featured artist per issue, we do welcome submissions of striking visual narratives (think: graphic novel or memoir in short form). We are looking to publish one or two graphic essays/stories/poems, or pieces of sequential art per issue.
- Audience:
- Open to a broad Audience.
- Art Media:
- Cartoon/Comic strip.
- Art Styles:
- Open to all/most Art Styles.
- Topics:
- Open to all/most Topics.
- Types/Lengths:
| Type | Length Details |
|---|
| NGraphic Narrative Graphic Narrative | No page limits known. |
- Payscale:
- We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.
| PProfessional payment (US$50 or more per piece) to ?Unknown payment Pay ranges from Professional payment (US$50 or more per piece) to Unknown payment. |
- Submissions:
| Electronic | Postal | Reprints | Simultaneous | Media |
|---|
| OK | No | No | OK | Image format submissions |
- Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.
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