Poetry Contest:
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Sonora Review is given annually for a poem. Claudia Rankine will judge. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 10 pages with a $15 entry fee, either by post or online through our website. Each submission includes a copy of the Winter issue and must be submitted online or postmarked by midnight December 1.
Last year’s recipient of the award, judged by Caroline Bergvall, was Peter Jay Shippy for his poem “White for diluting dreams”.
Submit online or by post:
Sonora Review, Poetry Contest,
Department of English, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721.
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Sonora Review accepts submissions in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction year-round, although we do not respond to submissions during the summer months.
There are now two ways to submit:
1. Postal Submissions
2. Online through submishmash.
Sonora Review is run entirely by graduate students in the MFA program at the University of Arizona. We publish fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, and we value honesty and innovation. We do not consider genre work (romance, mystery, horror, sci-fi) unless it manages to transcend the boundaries of the genre. We aim to publish work by both established and emerging writers.
Our turnaround time is average, but we do not read over the summer… Sometimes it will take us several months to get back to you or even longer if your work is being considered for publication. If you haven’t heard about your submission, please be patient. If you submitted to a contest, please check our blog for announcements.
1. For mailed submissions: Send complete manuscript with SASE to:
Sonora Review
Department of English
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Simultaneous submissions are okay, but we would like to be informed of them. All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced. For poetry, send up to five poems. For fiction and non-fiction, we have difficulty finding space for pieces longer than 8,000 words. We charge a 3 dollar fee, 2 for reading, 1 for tech. This will ensure your work gets read thoroughly.
We now are accepting submissions with subscription. 5 dollars is tacked on and the submitter will receive the most up-to-date version of S/R at a 50% submitters discount.
2. For online submissions:
Sonora Review is now accepting online submissions through submishmash.
Just click on the genre/contest, register, and we’re all good to go. We charge a 3 dollar fee. 2 dollars for a reading fee and a dollar for a tech fee.
Payment:
Each contributor receives 2 copies of the issue upon publication.
Very cool website, guys & gals. I think I’ll even submit a new pome or two!!!
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Hello,
I’m attempting to inquire about an non-piece I had submitted a few months ago and have not heard back on. The submission manager simply say ‘in progress’ and I can’t seem to find an email address to direct inquiry’s to. Help?
Thanks,
Michael J. Rosenbaum
Your website says you don’t read during summer but does not say when you consider “summer.” Please advise.
Thanks.
Jerry
We will be reading again, officially, on September 1. But if you send us your stuff, we will hold on to it until then. Lewis
A reading fee. That’s so lame.
QUESTION: does hard copy mailed submission do better with Sonora readers than an email submission?
Hello,
Do you, by any chance, accept book reviews? You’ve published Nick Flynn and I’m working on a review of his latest book The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands, so I thought I’d inquire.
Thanks!
Jessica
Hello, Jessica. Thanks for your interest. We have not published book reviews in the journal in some time. We would, however, be happy to publish it on the blog here–granted we are given some small editorial allowances. Let me know if you are interested. Lewis
Your University has an endowment of millions & millions & millions of dollars
The average salary of your full professors is 100 K for 9 months work
And you want flea bitten starving writers to send you money to glance at their works of the imagination
Very funny
Not this pig
Tom Eliot
Hi Tom,
Thanks for sharing your (rather caustic) opinion. If you are referring to the submishmash fee/pittance, I would redirect you to this article, also from a writer’s perspective: http://www.submishmash.com/2010/06/reading-fees-from-a-writers-perspective/. As for the contest, you have to pay to play, right?
Cheers,
Lawrence