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.
chasm | noun
1: a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth)
ex: built a bridge over the chasm
2: a marked division, separation, or difference
ex: the chasm between the rich and the poor
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- The theme for this issue is "Chasm." What are the gradients (geological, interpersonal, political, cultural, physical, emotional) that separate us? What beliefs or ways of knowing exist in the spaces between? What new possibilities emerge within division? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "chasm" 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.
chasm | noun
1: a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth)
ex: built a bridge over the chasm
2: a marked division, separation, or difference
ex: the chasm between the rich and the poor
______________________________________________________________________________________
- The theme for this issue is "Chasm." What are the gradients (geological, interpersonal, political, cultural, physical, emotional) that separate us? What beliefs or ways of knowing exist in the spaces between? What new possibilities emerge within division? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "chasm" 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.
chasm | noun
1: a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth)
ex: built a bridge over the chasm
2: a marked division, separation, or difference
ex: the chasm between the rich and the poor
______________________________________________________________________________________
- The theme for this issue is "Chasm." What are the gradients (geological, interpersonal, political, cultural, physical, emotional) that separate us? What beliefs or ways of knowing exist in the spaces between? What new possibilities emerge within division? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "chasm" 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.
chasm | noun
1: a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth)
ex: built a bridge over the chasm
2: a marked division, separation, or difference
ex: the chasm between the rich and the poor
______________________________________________________________________________________
- The theme for this issue is "Chasm." What are the gradients (geological, interpersonal, political, cultural, physical, emotional) that separate us? What beliefs or ways of knowing exist in the spaces between? What new possibilities emerge within division? Works that take on themes, symbols, and/or imagery responding to artistic interpretations of "chasm" are encouraged.
Photography & Visual Art
- Submit a maximum of five photographs or images of digital art.
- Submit photography and art as a PNG or JPEG, 300 DPI and minimum 600px. There is no need for photography or visual art submissions to be contained in a single file, i.e. you can upload multiple files to your submission.
- No graphic content, including racism, xenophobia, homophobia, sexism and other forms of intolerance
- Include a cover letter with a third-person bio of 100 words or less for each submission
- We permit simultaneous submissions, 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