Seattle-based Crab Creek Review is a woman-run journal publishing new voices, as well as emerging and established writers. Discover your new favorite poet by subscribing today! 

The general reading period is open from September 15 through November 15, or when our 300 Submittable Cap is hit.  The editors seek original, unpublished poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction via Submittable. Submissions are free, and payment is in contributor copies. We look forward to reading your work, and encourage early submissions.

General Submission Guidelines

• Only original, previously unpublished work will be considered. This includes personal websites and social media.
• For poetry, send up to four poems. For fiction, send stories of up to 3,000 words. For creative nonfiction, send essays of up to 1,000 words.
• Title your document with your name and the genre. (i.e.: GwendolynBrooks_Poetry; Adrienne Rich_Nonfiction.)
• Include a cover letter in the provided space in the Submittable form (not in the document). Include your mailing address, email and phone number, a 50-word bio, social handles, and the titles 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 by adding a note to your Submittable account if the piece is accepted elsewhere.
• Send your work as a SINGLE attachment (.doc; .docx; .rtf; PDF); docx preferred.
• Please submit no more than one batch of poems or one prose piece per reading period.
• We aim for a response time of 8 weeks, but please do not query your submission status unless 4 months have passed.