TODAY ONLY UNTIL 9PM EASTERN Black Warrior Review is not charging submission fees! get those subs in!
After 9pm tonight and through September 1, 2016 Black Warrior Review (BRW) doesn’t charge subscribers fees for submitting, but they do charge non-subscribers a small admin fee of $3 to submit. Per their site, “BWR pays a one-year subscription and a nominal lump-sum fee for all works published.”
BWR was “established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama."
Click here for their submission guidelines.
SUBMISSION FEE: FREE JULY. 15, 2016 UNTIL 9PM EASTERN
All other days, submission fee is $2 (Free for Subscribers)
DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: September 1, 2016
NOTES: Duotrope also lists this as one of the most challenging markets in their database.
FORMS: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art
PAYMENT: BWR pays a one-year subscription and a nominal lump-sum fee for all works published.
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/140
As with all submissions, read the guidelines carefully and read what you can of their previous issues to make sure your work is a good fit. Click here for more Submission Tips.
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Hi Trish,
Is this the only day that they have free submissions out of the whole year, or is there ever another time that they have free submissions?
They seem to have them regularly. They had one back in March too. You can follow them on Facebook and they post when they are having a free sub day.
Thanks Trish, that’s good to know. Just out of curiosity, do you happen to know if they pay only via Paypal for accepted pieces, or if they can pay by check too?
I’m not sure, I haven’t had anything published with them yet :). You could email them and ask.