submissions
What We Are Looking For
Fiction and Poetry
We accept fiction and poetry on almost any subject and genre.
We are looking for fiction that is engaging and thought provoking; it could be a touch humorous or be a tear-jerker, maybe it's loaded with politics, or maybe it's just something you wanted to get off your chest.
Whatever it is, it must be well-written and grab us from the outset. A story that jumps out at us from the start will do well.
HINT: We are in short supply of good flash fiction at the moment.
What We Are NOT Looking For
None of the following is acceptable for the Ranfurly Review: blatant pornography, overt
racism, gratuitous violence or sexual violence.
We do not accept previously published work. Ever. We reserve the right to reject a piece, even after acceptance, if it is found to have been published elsewhere. We do run checks.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable provided you agree to let us know
if the piece is accepted elsewhere first.
Generic simultaneous submissions that are mass emailed to other journals and e-zines, WILL BE REJECTED OUT OF HAND. If you follow this discourteous practice we will not even grace you with a response. Sorry to be so harsh about this particular guideline, but if a writer can't be bothered to research and pitch a piece on an individual basis, then we won't be bothered to read it.
What To Submit
FICTION/NOVEL EXTRACTS - please submit a maximum of 2 short stories at any
one time. 701 to 5000 words each.
FLASH FICTION - please submit up to 3 flash fiction pieces at any one time.
Max 700 words each.
POETRY - Please submit up to 5 poems with each submission. (Any length). Collections will do better.
What To Submit
Submissions should be sent ONLY as attachments. Any
formatting you require should be included in your attachment.
DOC, RTF and TXT files only please. No PDF, WPS or MCW files.
Any submissions sent in the body of an email will be rejected out of hand. This policy change has been made because we simply cannot read from the screen any longer, and refuse to format work that has been sent to us.
Please double-space your submissions (poetry excluded), and use Times New Roman, 12 pt font. Poetry should be formatted as you wish it to appear in the magazine.
There is no deadline for submissions as we work on a rolling basis.
Please send a very short third person biography with your submission (75 words max). Feel free to
mention any websites that are pertinent to your work.
If your day job is in Accounts please don't tell us about it. We reserve the right to edit bios that are sent in.
If you want your work published under a pseudonym please let us know in your submission. If you neglect to inform us we will NOT republish the edition with your correct name.
Where To Submit
Please send all submissions to:
submissions@ranfurly-review.co.uk
We aim to respond within twelve weeks of submission. If you have not heard anything by then please drop us an email.
If your piece is accepted for publication we may require you to sign a digital contract.
If accepted, your piece may be subject to a small amount of editorial
control. Any alterations will be minor and will normally only revolve around grammatical errors or spelling mistakes. We do not believe in tampering with the original vision of a writer's work, and are conscious of this throughout the whole process. Any suggestions for major improvement will be made in writing after acceptance.
Copyright & Reimbursement
The Ranfurly Review publishes under First Publication Rights only. All
copyrights revert to contributors upon publication.
This means that anything
accepted for publication must not have appeared anywhere before we publish
it. After we publish it, it's yours again.
Each issue is also archived into the Back Issue section, therefore as well as First Publication Rights, we also require Nonexclusive Online Archival Rights. This means our archiving does not inhibit other magazines publishing your work after us.
The Ranfurly Review is a non-profit e-zine, so we regret we are unable to pay contributors at this time.
