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Please read ALL guidelines before submitting your work. |
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Plum Ruby Review accepts unpublished work only. Plum Ruby Review ONLY accepts email submissions--please do not send hardcopy submissions. They will not be returned or read. |
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Please include with your submission a BRIEF bio, indicating your first and last name (no screen names or pseudonyms please), city and country of residence and any other publications (including on-line publications) in which you have been printed. We may edit bios for brevity and better web formatting. If you would like readers to be able to contact you personally, please indicate this in your bio with a line including your email address. |
We send notification via email, so please make sure your email address (the one to which you would like us to send notification) is clearly indicated and current. If your email changes during the time between your submission and our response, notify us immediately. A bounced email is synonymous with a rejected submission. |
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We are currently receiving submissions in the following areas: |
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Poetry |
We are open to a wide variety of poetry, ranging from free verse, experimental, to classical forms. Send 4-6 poems per submission, please. Submit your poems in the body of an email (NO ATTACHMENTS) to: submissions AT plumrubyreview DOT com. Make sure you include the words SUBMISSION-POETRY: (title of your piece) in the subject header. |
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Fiction
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We are receptive to a wide
variety of fiction. Please do not include more than one story, no longer
than 7,000 words, at a time. Submit your work in the body of an email
(NO ATTACHMENTS) to: submissions AT plumrubyreview
DOT com. Make sure you include the words SUBMISSION-FICTION:
(title of your piece) in the subject header. We often prefer pieces which
are character-based rather than plot-based.
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Non-Fiction
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We
are looking for interesting memoirs, travel pieces, and other forms of
thoughtful, open-minded creative non-fiction and personal essays of up
to 7,000 words. Please, only one piece at a time. Submit your work in
the body of an email (NO ATTACHMENTS) to: If developing a piece in which you need to cite references, please make sure that they are clearly noted and accurate. |
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Artwork/Photography
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We may feature artists
on our opening page and throughout the magazine. We are open to a wide variety of artwork, ranging
from photography, paintings, sculpture, comics and more. The best way
to submit art to the Plum Ruby Review is to email us a link to a web page
with the specific artwork on it. When doing so, please give a description
in the body of the email as to the art at the URL. If you are unable to
point us to a web page, you may submit in .jpg or .gif format ONLY and
not to exceed 200k. If we can't open it, it will be rejected. If emailing,
you may submit between 6-8 digital photographs of your artwork for consideration.
The Plum Ruby Review may consider online media submissions (Flash, Shockwave,
etc.) ONLY if it is hosted elsewhere and appropriate links may be provided.
Artwork submissions that follow these guidelines should be sent to: submissions
AT plumrubyreview DOT com.
Make sure you include the words SUBMISSION-ARTWORK: (title of your piece)
in the subject header.
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