Thank you for your interest in The Black Fork Review, the official online literary journal of Ashland University.

All submissions must be in a Word doc. Please only send one submission per genre per reading period. We do not accept previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. In your cover letter, please include a brief third-person bio. See each category below for genre-specific guidelines.

We look forward to reading your work.

$3.00
  • Please submit up to 2000 words of nonfiction, either one piece or multiple flash pieces. In your cover letter, please include a brief third-person bio and social media handle/ website link.  
  • We do not accept previously published work.
  • We accept simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your piece immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.
  • Writers/artists may send only one submission per genre per reading period. 
  • All written submissions must be in a Word doc, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font. 
  • Since we are on a university schedule, we try to respond to all submissions within three months.
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$3.00

Please submit up to three poems totaling no more than five pages. In your cover letter, please include a brief third-person bio, including your social media handles and/ or website

  • All written submissions must be in a Word doc with 12-point Times New Roman font. 
  • We do not accept previously published work.
  • We accept simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your piece immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. 
  • Writers/artists may send only one submission per genre per reading period. 
  • Since we are on a university schedule, we try to respond to all submissions within three months.
Ends on $3.00
$3.00

Please submit up to 2000 words of fiction, either one piece or multiple flash pieces, in a double-spaced Word doc. In your cover letter, please include a brief third-person bio, including your social media handles and/ or website

  • All written submissions must be in a Word doc, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font. 
  • We do not accept previously published work.
  • We accept simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your piece immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. 
  • Writers/artists may send only one submission per genre per reading period. 
  • Since we are on a university schedule, we try to respond to all submissions within three months.
The Black Fork Review