Spirit Lake Review
Submission Guidelines
We are open for submissions from January 1st-March 1st.
Email all submissions to SpiritLakeBooU (AT) gmail (DOT) com along with a short 50-word biography in the body of your email. While you are welcome to submit works in different genres, we request that you include all works you intend to submit for the reading period in one emailed submission. Multiple emailed submissions by the same contributor will not be considered. Please note that we accept simultaneous submissions as long as authors notify us at SpiritLakeBooU (AT) gmail (DOT) com as soon as a piece is accepted elsewhere.
Photo by Michael Heath
Prose
Authors must be from Wisconsin or have a Wisconsin connection. Submit up to five unpublished short stories and/or creative nonfiction pieces in a single docx file in which your name does not appear (no more than 5000 words total). Note that while we are open to publishing longer prose pieces, we have a strong preference for those that are 1000 words or fewer. Please submit prose no more than once during each reading period.
Photo by Michael Heath
Poetry
Authors must be from Wisconsin or have a Wisconsin connection. Submit up to five unpublished poems (10 pages total) in a single docx file in which your name does not appear. Please submit poems no more than once during each reading period.
Photo by Michael Heath
Visual Art
Submit up to ten visual art and photography pieces as high-resolution JPEGs. We prefer that you include titles or captions with artwork. Please submit visual art no more than once during each reading period.
Where to Submit
Please email submissions along with a 50-Word Bio to: