Iron Horse Literary Review publishes short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork.
General Guidelines:
• We open to submissions on a rolling basis for 3-4 weeks at a time. Please see the table on our website for dates.
• We do not publish previously published materials.
• We only respond to one submission at a time. Send your second manuscript only after we have responded to the first.
• Iron Horse accepts simultaneous submissions but please inform us immediately if a submission is taken elsewhere
• We will review only three manuscripts by any one author during any one academic year; subsequent manuscripts by the same author will be automatically rejected.
• If you wish us to consider a photography feature or cover art, send us digital images/text electronically.
• Upon publication, we provide an honorarium of $40 per poem or short-short and $100 per story or essay.
• Please include a cover letter with name, email address and the title(s) of work submitted.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with IHLR before you submit your work. Find more about the current issue as well as subscription information on our website.
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This year, Iron Horse Literary Review has opted to charge a $2 submission fee for each manuscript submitted to our office. Like every literary journal in the country, in these economic times, we're compelled to demonstrate that we are both a fruitful project, with many benefits, as well as self-sufficient rather than a drain on limited funds.
With the exception of our two managing editors (who work for a small salary, the equivalent of a teaching assistantship), the editorial staff is comprised of volunteers. No person receives any of the $2 submission fee. It costs us approximately $2,700 to produce one issue, and we publish six a year. From the $2 submission fee, we receive $1. This generates approximately $100 a week, and because we read for approximately 24 weeks each year, our total support from the submission fee is around $2,400 each year. This helps us produce one issue entirely on our own, which is one small step we can take toward self-reliance.
Together, with your help, we can keep the literary arts alive, and we hope you will be happy to spend $2 for your submission rather than giving that money to an office supply store and the post office.
Back Issue of the Month - $3.00
Every month Iron Horse designates one or more back issues for sale at a special reduced price of only $3.
Our sale this month features the 2011 Father's Day Issue (IHLR 13.3). This issue features cover art by Virgil Suárez; poetry by Timothy Kercher, Jaclyn Dwyer, Manda Frederick, David Starkey, Diana Arterian, and Jill McCabe Johnson; fiction by David James Poissant, Karin C. Davidson, and Michael Baccam; and a personal essay by Lindsay Beamish, our 2011 Discovered Voices Award winner in nonfiction.
Instructions:
1. On the "Enter Your Billing Information" page, input your billing address and credit card information. If you prefer, you may instead pay with PayPal by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
2. Click "Process Payment and Continue."
3. On the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, specify which issue you want, enter your mailing address, and tell us how you heard about Iron Horse.
4. Click "Submit to Iron Horse Literary Review."
Note: The process is not complete until you submit your address on the final form. You must input the mailing address on the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, even if it is the same as the billing address.
2-Year Subscription - $25.00
12 issues, $25. For a limited time, includes a free book and our "Gift Horse" promotion: With your purchase of a 2-year subscription, we will also send a 1-year gift subscription to a person or library of your choosing, absolutely free!
Instructions:
1. On the "Enter Your Billing Information" page, input your billing address and credit card information. If you prefer, you may instead pay with PayPal by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
2. Click "Process Payment and Continue."
3. On the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, enter your mailing address and tell us how you heard about Iron Horse. Also list your 3 top book choices (see the list at http://ironhorsereview.com/archives/2086). To take advantage of our Gift Horse promotion, also enter the name and address of the gift subscription recipient.
4. Click "Submit to Iron Horse Literary Review."
Note: The process is not complete until you submit your address on the final form. You must input the mailing address on the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, even if it is the same as the billing address.
1-Year Subscription - $15.00
Six issues per year, $15. For a limited time, includes a free book! Instructions:
1. On the "Enter Your Billing Information" page, input your billing address and credit card information. If you prefer, you may instead pay with PayPal by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
2. Click "Process Payment and Continue."
3. On the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, enter your mailing address and tell us how you heard about Iron Horse. Also list your 3 top book choices (see the list at http://ironhorsereview.com/archives/2086).
4. Click "Submit to Iron Horse Literary Review."
Note: The process is not complete until you submit your address on the final form. You must input the mailing address on the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, even if it is the same as the billing address.
Purchase a Back Issue - $5.00
Single issues $5 each. Instructions:1. On the "Enter Your Billing Information" page, input your billing address and credit card information. If you prefer, you may instead pay with PayPal by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
2. Click "Process Payment and Continue."
3. On the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, specify which back issue you wnat and enter your mailing address, and tell us how you heard about Iron Horse.
4. Click "Submit to Iron Horse Literary Review."
Note: The process is not complete until you submit your address on the final form. You must input the mailing address on the "Enter Your Submission Content" page, even if it is the same as the billing address.
Artwork
Size limit: 5 - 6 photographs, in one file, per reading period
COVER ART ($100):Artwork should be full color and of a horizontal perspective, not vertical. We prefer work that shows depth of field, hasmovement, and/or implies a story of some sort.
PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURES ($150):
Photos will only be published in B&W. Along with photographs, the artist should include a written introduction that narrates how these photographs tie together or are related. Additionally, each photograph should come with its own story/text. Photographs without text will be automatically rejected.
If accepted, we will need to have high-resolution PDF or JPG of artwork. We won't run or pay for artwork without it.