Submit to Redivider

Redivider seeks quality submissions of previously unpublished fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. We accept submissions year-round. We suggest you look at a previous issue before submitting (sample copies are available for $6.00). Fiction submissions are now open! Thank you for your patience.

Hard copy submissions and inquiries may be sent to the appropriate genre editor at:

Redivider
Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing
Emerson College
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

General Guidelines

We do not acknowledge receipt of submissions. Each submission should include a cover letter that lists the titles of all work included, as well as the author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Please note in the letter if it is a simultaneous submission. You must notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.

Please send only one submission every six months.

Submission Format

We encourage you to submit your work electronically; you will get a faster response from us if you do.

E-mail submission guidelines: All written submissions should be attached as a single Word document and be sent to the appropriate genre editor. Please paste a brief cover letter, which should include the title(s) of the pieces and your full contact information.

Poetry submissions should include a cover letter and up to six poems combined into a single Word or .rtf document and sent to poetry@redividerjournal.org. The subject line of the email submission must read Last Name, First Name and “Poetry Submission”.

Nonfiction submissions should be attached as a Word document and sent to nonfiction@redividerjournal.org The subject line of the email must read Last Name, First Name, and Title of Work.

Fiction submission should be sent to fiction@redividerjournal.org. The subject line of the email must read Last name, First Name, Story Title. Please paste a brief cover letter, which should include your full contact information, and the first 300 words of the submission into the body of the e-mail, then attach the entire story as a Word document.

Art submissions should be sent as up to six separate attachments to a single e-mail and addressed to art@redividerjournal.org. We accept only originals or high-quality copies or scans. No slides, please. If you choose to send your work in digital form, either on optical media or as e-mail attachments, each piece must be saved as a separate .TIFF file no larger than 6 x 9 inches and at a resolution of 600 dpi for line art and 300 dpi for all others. If your piece is chosen for the cover, you may be contacted for a larger file. Redivider prints in black and white. Color submissions will be considered for the cover, as black-and-white reprints on internal pages, and as color images on the website. We also consider black-and-white images for the cover. Digital submissions which do not adhere to the above guidelines will not be considered.

Deadlines and Compensation

Our deadlines are July 1 for the Fall issue, and December 1 for the Spring issue.

Redivider pays with two contributor copies of the issue containing your work.