The Brooklyn Review is currently open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art submissions.
We accept:
Fiction
- We want: Urgent, atmospheric narratives; deeply inhabited characters; formal invention; precision of language; self-aware humor; and generally polished, thoughtful stories. Please send us only your best work.
- Length: We generally publish stories between 3,000 and 7,000 words.
- Deadline: September 30, 2025
Nonfiction
- We want: incisive yet generous reviews, cultural interventions, and essays; inventive, deeply considered personal narratives; erudite pieces that open the heart and mind; formal, narrative, and thought experiments spanning literature, art, politics, philosophy, media, and the self.
- Length: Up to 3500 words.
- Deadline: December 1, 2025
Poetry
- We want: Previously unpublished poetry that engages creatively and actively with questions of form, structure, language, and sound; submissions of experimental and non-narrative works. We aim to feature and promote works by BIPOC writers as part of an ongoing effort to decolonize poetry, poetic praxis, and poetics.
- Length: You may submit three to five poems, totaling no more than 10 pages, formatted in a single document.
- Deadline: December 1, 2025
Visual Art:
- We want: Photography, drawings, paintings and multimedia art. You may submit up to 5 jpegs, PDFs, etc.
We charge $3 submission fee to keep everything running. If this presents a financial barrier, feel free to get in touch via our contact form. While we aren’t yet able to pay our contributors, we hope to change this very soon.
We want: incisive yet generous reviews, cultural interventions, and essays; inventive, deeply considered personal narratives; erudite pieces that open the heart and mind. We welcome formal, narrative, and thought experiments spanning literature, art, politics, philosophy, media, and the self.
Length: Up to 3,500 words.
Deadline: December 1, 2025
We want:
Urgent, atmospheric narratives; deeply inhabited characters; formal invention; precision of language; self-aware humor; and generally polished, thoughtful stories. Please send us only your best work.
Length: We generally publish stories between 3,000 and 7,000 words.
We are looking for previously unpublished poetry that engages creatively and actively with questions of form, structure, language, and sound. We especially welcome submissions of experimental and non-narrative works. We aim to feature and promote works by BIPOC writers as part of an ongoing effort to decolonize poetry, poetic praxis, and poetics.
You may submit three to five poems, totaling no more than 10 pages, formatted in a single document.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. You can either withdraw the entire submission, or simply notify us of which poems are no longer eligible.
We want: Photography, drawings, paintings and multimedia art. You may submit up to 5 jpegs, PDFs, etc.