The Portland Review

Dear writers,

Here are your basic guidelines:

Prose Submissions: There is no upward word limit for prose submissions, but we will only consider one prose submission from you at a time. We only accept typed and double-spaced prose submissions.

Poetry Submissions: We will consider submissions of one to ten poems contained within a single document. We are currently very, very weary of poetry about birds or involving bird imagery, but if you think you can make it work, we encourage you to show us how wrong we are.

We also accept web content—poems and prose. See guidelines for these below.

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published material. We can pay you only in contributor copies and a promise to hang out with you if you ever visit Portland.

We consider submissions only through Submishmash, because in our opinion this only makes things easier for everyone (even though we miss manila envelopes and stamps).

Now get off the internet and go back to work.

All best,

Sarah Marshall
Editor-in-Chief
The Portland Review