e, as a
collective, have lost much these past
few years. There has been lost time,
lost lives, lost connections and so
many other losses that have impacted
our lives. But loss as a concept is
something different for everyone.
Where the things we lose go, how we
can hope to find them, if we can ever
find them? This is something that each
of us must define on our own.
This year’s pacificREVIEW
asks a deceptively simple question:
How do you understand loss? We want to
hear about the littlest of losses, and
the biggest. Let your mind wander into
the abstract idea of loss. Whether
this exploration takes you into the
whimsical or the mundane, the
nihilistic or the hopeful, the way
loss shapes us or destroys us; that is
up to you, the artist. All we ask is
that you take a path into a deeper
understanding of the concept, and let
yourself get lost from there.
submission will be
accepted from December 1st 2021
through February 1st 2022
GUIDELINES
Three previously
unpublished submissions per person.
You may submit something that you have
submitted to another journal but
please refer to that in your
submission; if you are accepted to be
published in another journal please
contact pacificREVIEW to
withdraw your submission.
Prose
Any written short
fiction, prose, etc.
Limit: All submissions
under or at 5,000 words (Submitted
double spaced unless the formatting
is a stylistic choice)
Format: Microsoft Word
Document (.doc or .docx files)
Poetry
Limit: Two typed-pages
per poem
Format: Microsoft Word
Document (.doc or .docx files)
Visual Art
Photography, traditional
art mediums (pencil, ink, paint,
etc.), graphic narratives (that do
not exceed two pages) mixed media,
and digital art
Format: High resolution
(300 dpi) PDF
Pacific Review is
committed to publishing work that is
diverse in its storytelling and
artistic expression. To learn
more about pacificREVIEW,
visit pacificreview.sdsu.edu
or follow us on our social media
accounts (Instagram: @pacificreview;
Facebook: @PacRev).
Despite our constant
unraveling, humans are bound to each other
and are continually finding ways of
becoming entangled with one another. Our
platonic, romantic, and paternal bonds of
love cause us to belong to each other.
This fierce intimacy has the potential to
stretch physical, emotional, and spiritual
boundaries.
How do humans currently become
entangled with each other? How do we love
each other? Hate each other? Cooperate
with one another? What connections are
condemned and stigmatized? Should they be?
How do our shared experiences enhance our
individual perceptions?
Join us in our celebration and
exploration of the ties that bind us
together. We invite you to share about
your experience with human bonds and
contribute to the pacificREVIEW 2020
issue: synchronous.
Submissions
will be accepted until December 20, 2019.
Submission Considerations:
pacificREVIEW considers previously
unpublished work. You may submit up to
three pieces of work from any genre for
consideration in this edition. When
submitting content, we highly recommend
that you include a statement regarding how
your work responds to the edition
theme.
· Fiction and Creative
Nonfiction: Limit 4,500 words, double
spaced, attached as a Microsoft Word
Document. Short stories and flash fiction
are also encouraged.
· Poetry: You are welcome
to submit 2-3 pieces of poetry. Please
limit your poems to no more than 2 typed
pages, attached as a Microsoft Word
Document.
·
Photographs/drawings/artwork: You may
submit up to 15 pieces of artwork that
cover a cohesive theme or style. Please
submit as a high resolution (300 dpi)
greyscale or black and white PDF.
· Graphic Narrative:
Please submit no more than two pieces in a
high resolution (300 dpi) greyscale or
black and white PDF. Panels must fit on
two pages.
Pacific Review accepts poems,
fiction (short stories, flash fiction and
excerpts that stand alone), memoir, creative
non-fiction, essays, comics, visual art,
photography, documented performance and hybrid.
We are currently considering work
for our next theme issue: Errant Mythologies.
We hope you interpret Errant
Mythologies in all the senses of each word,
their combinations and beyond. We hope our theme
provokes work you wish you could run into for
the first time.
Offer us the
tensions that bind your truths to what you deny,
to the lies you love, to what you find
undeniable: work that asks, in large or small
ways, the big questions: work that is curious
about the mystery itself: the errant mythologies
that move you, trouble you, call you to
experience and imagine them.
We are open to narrative, lyric,
experimentation and combinations thereof, to
traditional genres and emerging ones such as
Afro futurism, Chicanismo, indigipunk, displaced
romance, YA of all gender identifications and
sexual orientations, as well as, of course,
mythic / anti-mythic revolution and renaissance.
We love work that comments on the
now and how we got here. We love work that
imagines alternate pasts, presents and futures.
We want to experience the
pleasure of being immersed in or awakened by
precision, by languor, by challenge. And, we
want the struggle of choosing between pieces
that make us jealous of you for being their
authors.
Offer us the pieces you loved
making – because they brought you joy, because
they brought you ache – the ones that surprised
you in your shaping of them, the badass ones
that don't give a fuck what you think you're
supposed to think, the ones that demand you put
your ethics and your favorite aesthetics on
sleeve. Go on a journey to find your mythologies
or send your mythologies on a wild goose chase.
Then, please and thank you, send them to us!
Pacific Review considers
previously unpublished work. If your work is
simultaneously under consideration elsewhere, we
ask that you notify us immediately upon
selection. Please check the categories for
specific guidelines. Click
our Submittable portal here to share your
work.
Tip Jar vs. Free Offerings:
Submittable does charge and we would love
support covering our printing costs, so we
appreciate payment if you are able, however, we
do not want you to be prevented from offering us
your work because of cost: payment will not
affect the consideration of your work.
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Submissions Info!
We recommend that you submit your work online
through our Submittable
page.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Fiction/Nonfiction - Submit one story/essay or a
series of short/flash pieces on our theme (maximum
- 5,000 words total).
Poetry - Submit up to 4 poems on our theme.
Individual poems cannot exceed 2 pages.
Photographs - Submit 1 to 4 photos. Must be in
black and white and adhere to the theme.
Graphic Narrative - Submit 2 to 3 pieces. Must be
in black and white. Panels must fit on the length
of two pages. Please make legible.
Artwork - Submit 1 to 4 pieces. Must be in black
and white. Photographs of your art (sculpture,
painting, etc.) are acceptable.
Please include a cover letter with the following
information:
1) First and last name
2) Postal address, email address, phone number
3) A short bio that includes previous publications
and current occupations
Simultaneous submissions are fine, granted that
you inform the pacificREVIEW if/when your work is
accepted elsewhere.
PLEASE NOTE that we no longer accept email
submissions.
You can also submit via "snail mail" at the
following address:
Ryan Kelly, Editor-in-Chief
pacificREVIEW
Dept. of English and Comparative Literature
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA
92182-6020
pacificREVIEW is now accepting submissions in all
genres for its 2008-2009 issue. Send us your
best work: fiction, poetry, non-fiction (essays,
reviews), photography and art.
We look forward to reading your work.
Address it to:
pacifcREVIEW (genre, i.e. fiction, poetry)
San Diego State University
Dept. of English & Comp Lit
Arts & Letters 226
San Diego, CA 92182-6020
pacificREVIEW welcomes submissions of previously
unpublished poems, short stories, translations,
and creative non-fiction, including essays and
reviews. We also accept submissions for art
and cover art.
Submissions should be directed to the appropriate
editor (Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, or Art) at:
pacificREVIEW (indicate genre)
San Diego State University
Dept. of English & Comp Lit
Arts & Letters 226
San Diego, CA 92182-6020
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
Fiction & other prose: Mail submissions
to the address above, Attention: Lester O’Connor,
Fiction Editor. Submissions should be typed
on white, 8 1/2” x 11” paper. The title page
should include the word count (no more 20 pages),
as well as the author’s name and contact
information.
Poetry: Mail 3-5 poems to the address above,
Attention: Chrissy Rikkers, Poetry Editor.
Submissions should be typed on white, 8 1/2” x 11”
paper, and include the author’s name and contact
information.
Translations: If submitting a translation, please
include the original poems in the original
language you are translating from, and be sure
that you have acquired the rights from that
author.
Art: Mail up to 5 works of photography/art –
any style – attention: Art Editor. Image files
should be sent to us via email as attachments:
300dpi jpgs or tiff files.
PLEASE NOTE:
Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE)
for notification. Manuscripts will not be
returned. If you would like to be notified by
email instead, please indicate clearly an email
address where we can contact you (and skip the
SASE).
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but
please notify us immediately if the work you’ve
sent us has been accepted elsewhere.
We do NOT accept electronic submissions.
** Deadline for all submissions is May 1st, 2008
**
pacificREVIEW 2008-2009
Department of English &
Comparative Literature
San Diego State
University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-6020 INFO.PACREV@GMAIL.COM
e, as a
collective, have lost much these past
few years. There has been lost time,
lost lives, lost connections and so
many other losses that have impacted
our lives. But loss as a concept is
something different for everyone.
Where the things we lose go, how we
can hope to find them, if we can ever
find them? This is something that each
of us must define on our own.
