Send one piece of fiction up to 5,000 words. Stories must be one file, with your work double-spaced, 12pt standard font. One submission per reading period. Revisions may be made upon acceptance; do not withdraw and resubmit your work due to revision concerns. Pieces accepted will be published in the spring issue of Crab Creek Review.
We look forward to reading your authentic, narratively engaging, and well-crafted fiction.
 

Guidelines

• Send one piece up to 5,000 words or up to three pieces of flash fiction/lyric prose fiction. 
• Send one file, with your work double-spaced, 12pt standard font. 
• Files should be a single attachment; docx preferred (.doc, .rtf, .PDF also accepted)
• Title your document with the title and your name (i.e: TITLE_Aimee Bender). 
• One submission per reading period. 
• Include a cover letter in the provided space (not in the document). Include your mailing address, email, and social media handles (where relevant), a 50-word bio, and the title of the pieces you are submitting.
• Should you submit something that is under simultaneous consideration, please indicate this in your cover letter and notify us immediately if the piece is accepted elsewhere. 
• Only original, human-made and previously unpublished work will be considered. Work generated by AI will not be considered.

Creative Nonfiction Guidelines

Send one piece of up to 1,500 words per submission period. We are looking for well-crafted prose that exhibits emotional depth and nuance, a clear voice, and personal philosophical reflection that goes beyond the telling of a past event. Essays of all kinds are welcome: hybrid, lyric, experimental, narrative, reported, and non-traditional forms. If your writing explores the range of what it means to be human, bitter and sweet, we want to read it. (We do not publish literary criticism, scholarly articles, or straight reportage.) Revisions may be made upon acceptance; do not withdraw and resubmit your work due to revision concerns.

General Manuscript Guidelines

• One essay of up to 1,500 words.
• Send your work as a single attachment (.doc; .docx; PDF), double-spaced, 12pt standard font.
• Title your document with title and name (i.e: TITLE_Adrienne Rich).
• Include a cover letter in the provided space in the Submittable form (not in the document) include your email address, a 50-word bio, and the title of the piece you are submitting.
• Only original, previously unpublished work will be considered. This includes personal websites and social media.
• We do not consider or review AI-generated work. Submissions utilizing AI tools will be declined.
• Should you submit something that is under simultaneous consideration, please indicate this in your cover letter and notify us immediately by adding a note to your Submittable account if the piece is accepted elsewhere.

Order your copy of Crab Creek Review's 2023 Spring/Summer issue here!

From cathedrals to dance floors to climate change, this issue tackles our loftiest questions while celebrating the most personal. It shifts from deep meditations to startling crystallizations as each work takes on a new form and shape.  With this latest issue, you'll find writing from Jory Mickelson, Jared Beloff, Rebecca Martin, Rodrigo Toscano, Julia Mallory, Shilo Niziolek, Sarah Dalton, Forester McClatchey, Shannon K. Winston, David J. Bauman, Melody Wilson, Stephanie L Harper, Benjamid D. Carson, Carolyn Oliver, Jane Zwart, Jude Dexter, Lauren Camp among so, so many others. And we can't wait to share them all with you.