SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
We currently only accept work by undergraduate students at Minnesota State University, Mankato. If this sounds like you, congratulations! We look forward to seeing your imagination in our inbox. Please swim through the rules below before letting your work set sail.
GENERAL FLOTSAM AND JETSAM:
Please review the submission guidelines below.
Include a short third-person bio of your name, year, major, and any other relevant information in the body of the email, as well as your full name or desired pen name.
Sample bio: Mobius Richard is a third-year creative whaling student at MNSU. He primarily works in pirate poetry and underwater basket weaving.
Email all submissions to riverwhalereview@gmail.com
If we accept your piece for publication, our editorial team may approach you with suggested edits. While most of these may be line edits, we may occasionally ask about a larger change to your piece (though we don’t anticipate this happening often, and you are not obligated to say yes).
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Written works uploaded as JPEG’s, PNG’s, PDF’s and submissions via USPS will not be considered.
FICTION
Up to 3,500 words of prose in any genre (we love all species of marine mammals here: literary, horror, YA, mystery, fantasy, fabulist, and especially stuff that doesn’t care about frivolous marketing labels. “Species” are artificial boundaries imposed by humans on nature, after all) attached as a Word document (.DOC or .DOCX). For comics and graphic literature, please view Art guidelines.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Up to 3,500 words of nonfiction prose attached as a Word document (.DOC or .DOCX).
POETRY
Submit up to 5 poems in a single Word document (.DOC or .DOCX). Please separate individual poems with defined page breaks. Formalist poems that require special formatting considerations may be submitted as a high-res JPEG or PNG.
ART
Up to 5 pieces of visual art, with individual or collection titles when relevant– please specify if untitled.
Submit high-resolution PNG or JPEG images as an email attachment. For narrative collections of art (i.e.: Comics, Graphic Literature), you may submit up to 10 pages.
AUDIO/VIDEO/MOTION GRAPHICS
Please submit up to 3 audio/video compositions or other assorted motion graphics.
Submit audio as a third-party URL such as Soundcloud, Spotify, or Apple Music. For video compositions, please send a host site URL. (We recommend YouTube or Vimeo).
CONTENT WARNING
We will not publish work that promotes misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise oppressive or exploitative ideals.
PUBLISHING STATEMENT
Creators maintain full usage and publishing rights to their original work. Send your art to the seven seas!