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Submission Guidelines

General Guidelines

Tidal Basin Review (TBR) accepts simultaneous submissions. (Just be sure to let us know as soon as possible if your work has been accepted by another publication.) TBR accepts submissions only upon call announcements. Any work received outside of a call period will neither be read nor considered for publication.

Tidal Basin Review considers work, in English, which has not been previously published. By accepting an offer from Tidal Basin Review to publish your work, you consent to the following terms: 1) Tidal Basin Press (a non-profit corporation) acquires North American Serial Rights, First Electronic Rights, and Electronic Archival Rights; 2) Publication rights and copyrights revert back to the author upon publication of work in an issue of the Tidal Basin Review; and 3) "Tidal Basin Review (tidalbasinpress.org)" will be acknowledged as first publisher in any future reprints of the published work.

Poetry Submissions:
For poetry submissions, submit 3-5 poems totaling no more than 7 pages in one single file in doc., rtf, or .pdf format.

Prose Submissions:
For prose submissions, submit one (1) short story or one (1) stand alone novel chapter or creative non-fiction piece of no more than 2,500 words in one single file in doc., rtf, or .docx format. For critical submissions, submit one (1) essay not to exceed 5,000 words.

Visual Art Submissions:
For visual art, please submit an original, unpublished art sample of no more than 5 (five) images (any single image may not exceed 4 MB) in .jpeg format only. Please be prepared to provide a digital version (300 dpi) via email in the case your artwork is selected.

 

NOTE to Contributors: Tidal Basin Review is not a paying market and does not provide a contributor's print copy. Print copies are produced on-demand only. Upon publication, the e-issue is viewable and downloadable for free anywhere the internet is accessible.