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Click HERE for IHLR submission guidelines.

Please note: With the exception of Single-Author & Discovered Voices competitions, all hard-copy manuscripts received by IHLR will be discarded.

Submit here: Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Art
Email: mail@ironhorsereview.com

Current submission period: Currently CLOSED to Submissions

IRON HORSE LITERARY REVIEW SUBMISSION READING PERIODS FOR 2012-2013

ISSUE CONTENT SUBMISSION PERIOD
Vol. 15, No. 1
Feb 2013
The Party Issue
Stories, poems, and essays–any kind of party: dinner, slumber, Tupperware, retirement, Mardi Gras, quinceañera, costume…
Aug 20, 2012 – Sept 14, 2012
Vol. 15, No. 2
April 2013
National Poetry Month Issue (annual)
Poetry issue, submit poems only
Oct 1, 2012 – Oct 26, 2012
Vol. 15, No. 3
June 2013
The Nonfiction Issue
Solicited materials only
No unsolicited submissions
Vol. 15, No. 4
Sept 2013
Labor Day Issue
Stories, poems, and essays–work, careers, housework, odd jobs, etc.
Nov 21, 2012 – Dec 16, 2012
Vol. 15, No. 5
Oct 2013
Single-Author Competition
Novellas–see competition guidelines
Jan 21, 2013 – Mar 15, 2013
Vol. 15, No. 6
Dec 2013
Open Issue, no theme
Stories, poems, and essays–any topic
Apr 1, 2013 – Apr 26, 2013

SUBMISSION FEES

This year, Iron Horse Literary Review has opted to charge a $2 submission fee for each manuscript submitted to our office. Like every literary journal in the country, in these economic times, we’re compelled to demonstrate that we are both a fruitful project, with many benefits, as well as self-sufficient rather than a drain on limited funds.

With the exception of our two managing editors (who work for a small salary, the equivalent of a teaching assistantship), the editorial staff is comprised of volunteers. No person receives any of the $2 submission fee. It costs us approximately $2,700 to produce one issue, and we publish six a year. From the $2 submission fee, we receive $1. This generates approximately $100 a week, and because we read for approximately 24 weeks each year, our total support from the submission fee is around $2,400 each year. This helps us produce one issue entirely on our own, which is one small step we can take toward self-reliance.

Together, with your help, we can keep the literary arts alive, and we hope you will be happy to spend $2 for your submission rather than giving that money to an office supply store and the post office.