We read submissions February 1st – December 6th.
This summer we'll have a summer break from July 2 – July 31.
Please note:
If you see a blue box saying "There are presently no open calls for submissions" it means we're temporarily closed.
Check back at the beginning of the month. (Except for January.)
The editors at The Citron Review look forward to reading your work!
To submit Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, and Micros (across genres), please scroll down for the correct category.
Please submit all of your documents in one single submission and to only one genre per quarter. If the guidelines are not followed, your submission may be declined.
We welcome our past contributors to submit new work, but we ask that you please wait two years from the date of your last Citron publication before sending new work.
You may attach multiple documents (within a genre) for your submission.
- Attached files should be named as such: "Title_Author_Genre_Date"
- Please use the submission space provided for a brief cover letter and include a short bio in the third person (by way of introduction–no more than a paragraph).
- If you have not heard from us before the next issue is published, please feel free to contact us for an update.
Publication Rights: We publish only previously unpublished work. We will have first time publication rights only. All other rights remain with the author. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but it is expected that you will notify us if this is the case. Additionally, authors must notify us immediately if their work is published elsewhere.
Submissions should be no more than thirty (30) lines.
You may submit up to five (5) poetry selections per quarter.
If submitting multiple selections at once, please attach each selection as a separate document.
Submissions should be between one-hundred-and-one (101) words and one thousand (1,000) words.
All types of creative nonfiction (memoir, essays, etc.) are acceptable. You may submit up to two (2) creative nonfiction selections per quarter. If submitting multiple selections at once, please attach each selection as a separate document.
Per a recent discussion regarding the use of pseudonyms, we are no longer publishing creative nonfiction work under pseudonyms, and we will withdraw an accepted essay if a person is not who they say they are. If the writer wants their work to appear in the creative nonfiction section of a future issue of The Citron Review, it will need to appear under their real name. If for some reason you need to use a pseudonym due to a matter of personal safety, please be in touch with us.
Submissions should be no more than one hundred (100) words.
You may submit up to five (5) micro-works per quarter.
If submitting multiple selections at once, please submit each selection as a separate document in ONE SUBMISSION.
Submissions should be greater than one hundred-and-one (101) words and not more than a thousand (1,000) words.
You may submit up to two (2) flash-fiction selections per quarter.
If submitting multiple selections at once, please attach each selection as a separate document.