SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Platform Review accepts submissions exclusively through editors@artsbythepeople.org
We are looking for poets, writers of fiction, nonfiction and memoirists.
We encourage submissions from New Jersey writers.
We ask that you not submit work that has been previously published in print or online.
We do not accept any writing or visual art that was created—entirely or partially—with AI software. While we often consider AI and the content created with it fascinating and even impressive, Platform Review is not the venue for such things. Our publication is meant to be an outlet for human creativity only.
What to Include:
A brief, third-person bio (50 words or less) in your cover letter. Your address, email, phone number and website if you have. Tell us if you’ve attended or participated in any ARTS by the People events or workshops and where you reside. If you’re a high school student, put it in your bio. We want to know.
In the subject of your email PLATFORM REVIEW and Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non Fiction (example: PLATFORM REVIEW, Fiction) Written submissions should be sent as an email WORD (.doc) attachment.
Poetry: Submit up to 3 poems in one document with each new poem beginning on a new page.
Fiction: Submit one piece no more than 2500 words, but we prefer shorter works of 1,000 that tell a compelling story. Include the word count at the top of the page.
Memoir and Non Fiction: Submit one piece no more than 2500 words, but we like 1000 words (that’s the sweet spot). Include the word count at the top of the page.
By submitting you give ARTS By The People First North American Serial Rights to publish your work for our online journal Platform Review. All rights revert back to the author upon publication. We ask acknowledgment if the author chooses to republish any accepted pieces.
You are more than welcome to submit to more than one genre in a separate email. However, if you have recently been published by Platform Review, we ask that you wait a year before submitting to us again. If your work is accepted by another journal, please notify us immediately by emailing editors@artsbythepeople.org.
Platform Review publishes on a rolling basis.
To keep submissions free, donations at ARTS By the People are appreciated.
Any questions? Feel free to email us at editors@artsbythepeople.org.