New Limestone Review
New Limestone Review is the literary journal of the University of Kentucky's MFA in Creative Writing Program. We are currently accepting submissions in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography.
Guidelines:
- Fiction : 2,500 words or less
- Creative Nonfiction: 2,500 words or less
- Poetry: up to five poems, no more than 10 pages
- You may submit for multiple genres
- Include a cover letter with a third-person bio of 100 words or less for each submission
- We permit simultaneous submissions
- We do not accept previously published work
Miscellaneous:
- New Limestone Review does not offer payment at this time.
- Current UK students, staff, and faculty may not submit to New Limestone Review. Former students, staff, and faculty may submit after two years of disaffiliation.
Thanks for your interest in our journal, New Limestone Review. We're eager to read your work.
afterglow | noun
1: a glow remaining where a light has disappeared
ex: looking out towards the hazy afterglow of sunset
2: a pleasant effect or feeling that lingers after something is done, experienced, or achieved
ex: basking in the afterglow of success
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- The theme for this issue is "Afterglow." What can only be discovered in the glow left behind? What creates a glow even after the main light has faded? What lingers in the after? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "afterglow" are encouraged.
- Your piece must be 2,500 words or less.
- You may submit for multiple genres.
- Include a cover letter with a third-person bio of 100 words or less for each submission.
- We do permit simultaneous submissions. That said, please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
We do not accept previously published work.
- Current UK students, staff, and faculty may not submit to New Limestone Review -- former students, staff, and faculty may submit after two years of disaffiliation.
afterglow | noun
1: a glow remaining where a light has disappeared
ex: looking out towards the hazy afterglow of sunset
2: a pleasant effect or feeling that lingers after something is done, experienced, or achieved
ex: basking in the afterglow of success
______________________________________________________________________________________
- The theme for this issue is "Afterglow." What can only be discovered in the glow left behind? What creates a glow even after the main light has faded? What lingers in the after? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "afterglow" are encouraged.
- Up to 5 poems per poetry submission (no more than 10 pages total).
- You may submit for multiple genres.
- Include a cover letter with a third-person bio of 100 words or less for each submission.
- We do permit simultaneous submissions. That said, please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
We do not accept previously published work.
- Current UK students, staff, and faculty may not submit to New Limestone Review -- former students, staff, and faculty may submit after two years of disaffiliation.
afterglow | noun
1: a glow remaining where a light has disappeared
ex: looking out towards the hazy afterglow of sunset
2: a pleasant effect or feeling that lingers after something is done, experienced, or achieved
ex: basking in the afterglow of success
______________________________________________________________________________________
- The theme for this issue is "Afterglow." What can only be discovered in the glow left behind? What creates a glow even after the main light has faded? What lingers in the after? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "afterglow" are encouraged.
- Your piece must be 2,500 words or less.
- You may submit for multiple genres.
- Include a cover letter with a third-person bio of 100 words or less for each submission.
- We do permit simultaneous submissions. That said, please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
We do not accept previously published work.
- Current UK students, staff, and faculty may not submit to New Limestone Review -- former students, staff, and faculty may submit after two years of disaffiliation.