We welcome submissions of poetry and short fiction from Sept. 1st through Apr. 30th. We now accept creative non-fiction submissions.

Poetry Contest: submission deadline is May 31, 2010. If you are submitting poetry, please consider entering our annual Poetry Contest, judged this year by award winning poet, Nancy Pagh. Submit up to 5 poems. All entries will be considered for publication. $10 entry fee. Please read complete guidelines here.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Fiction: Send up to 6,000 words, double-spaced. We accept short stories or novel excerpts that can stand alone. Manuscripts are accepted from September 1 to April 30 (postmark dates). Please address manuscripts to "Fiction Editor".

Creative Non-Fiction: Send up to 6,000 words, double-spaced. Manuscripts are accepted from September 1 to April 30 (postmark dates). We are interested in creative non-fiction essays on any topic that will engage a general reader; we will also consider excerpts from book-length works, but they must be able to stand alone. At this time we are not accepting book reviews, literary criticism, scholarly articles or straight reportage. Please address manuscripts to "Nonfiction Editor".

Submissions sent outside of these timeframes will be returned unread.

• If you are submitting poetry, submit up to five poems (note submission dates above).
• If you are submitting fiction or creative non-fiction, submit up to 6,000 words (note submission dates above).
• All submissions should be previously unpublished.
• All manuscripts should be accompanied by a cover letter that includes your contact information, a brief bio, and the names of the pieces you are submitting.
• Please include your name and contact information on each poem you submit. For fiction and creative non-fiction submissions, please include your name and contact information on the first page of your piece.
 • Should you submit something that is under simultaneous consideration elsewhere, please indicate this in your cover letter, and notify us immediately if it has been accepted elsewhere. We aim for a response time between three and five months.
• All manuscripts should be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for a response. In an effort to save trees, we prefer that you not use large manila envelopes to mail your submission. Business size (4 1/8 x 9 1/2) envelopes work well--we do not mind folded pages. However, we understand that fiction and creative non-fiction manuscripts of longer length will need to be mailed in a 9 x 12 or 10 x 13 envelope.
• If you are submitting fiction or creative non-fiction, please include "Fiction Editor" or "Non-Fiction Editor" or "Poetry Editor" on your envelope and/or in your cover letter.
• Mail all submissions to: Crab Creek Review, c/o 7315 34th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117
• Please note that we do not accept email submissions.
• We are unable to return manuscripts, but we do recycle them.

Our current payment is in the form of one copy of the issue for which your work has been accepted. We buy first rights as well as the rights to use your name and the accepted work (whole or part) on our website. Beyond this use and following publication, rights revert to the author. We ask that Crab Creek Review be acknowledged in any subsequent publication of the work.

Crab Creek Review nominates yearly for the Pushcart Prize and chooses an annual Editors' Prize ($100) for the best poem, short story, or creative non-fiction essay from the two issues published in a given year.

We are proud of our literary magazine and hope you will want to purchase a copy of your own. We encourage you to subscribe!

Please address all submissions to:

Crab Creek Review
c/o 7315 34th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98117

Thank you for your interest in Crab Creek Review. We look forward to reading your work.