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Submission Guidelines

Please include a cover letter as well as a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your submission. We will recycle all unused manuscripts unless you ask that it be returned in your cover letter.

While we do accept simultaneous submissions, we ask that you indicate in your cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted elsewhere and that you notify us ASAP if it is accepted by another publication. Although we would love to comment on all manuscripts, the volume we receive precludes us from doing so. But please know that each submission is read carefully and given thoughtful consideration.

At this time, we do not accept electronic submissions or previously published material.

Submissions are not open to current UIC students and faculty as well as students who have graduated from UIC within the last five years.

Packingtown Review reads submissions year round and our response time is approximately three months. If you have not received a response after three months, please send an email query.

Poetry

Send three to five poems. Do not exceed ten pages of single-spaced verse.

Fiction, Scholarship, and Non-Fiction

Send up to 8,000 words (or 30 pages) of double-spaced prose. Please list name and page number on each page of the submission. For scholarship, please submit your work in accordance with The Chicago Manual of Style.

Drama

Send up to 40 pages of playwriting or screenwriting (excerpts or completed scripts) for consideration. Work need not stand alone. Please list name and page number on each page of the submission.

Translations

Please provide the original text with your English translation. Also procure publication rights from the original author or author's estate. See above for genre guidelines.

Artwork

Packingtown Review is currently accepting submissions of original artwork for its inaugural issue. All submissions will be considered for publication in the journal, on the cover, and on our website. Please include up to 5 pieces, the title of each, and a brief autobiographical statement.

Photography: We accept color or black & white prints of any dimension. Please send a print of the photo to the address below, or submit a jpeg, pdf, or gif file in the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment). We do not accept negatives. After reviewing your submission, we will contact you if changes in size or format are required.

Artwork: Please send a color photograph of your artwork to the address below, or submit a jpeg, pdf, or gif file in the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment). Please do not submit original artwork, as it will not be returned. After reviewing your submission, we will contact you if changes in size or format are required.

Submission deadline for inaugural issue: August 1, 2008.

Mailing Address

Please send all work to: