Prairie Schooner seeks short stories, poems, interviews, essays & reviews. Deadline: May 1

We're currently open to general submissions, which remain fee-free. Please consider supporting us by ordering a copy or subscription when you submit! We're working to get decisions back to those with outstanding submissions in for our consideration and appreciate your patience.

Prairie Schooner’s  intention is to publish the best writing available, both from beginning  and established writers. We publish .  Scholarly articles requiring footnote references should be submitted to  journals of literary scholarship.

We do not read simultaneous submissions, except in the case of contest submissions, and submissions must be received  between September 1 and May 1. We do not consider  work that has been previously published anywhere, including online  publications. We read as quickly as we can, but please allow 3-4 months for a reply. (We know, we're a little behind, and we're grateful for your patience!)

In principle, Prairie Schooner has no objections to the use of pseudonyms, but we require disclosure of their use to the editor before publication.

We encourage you to read Prairie Schooner before you submit. Sample copies are available below for just $6.00. There's never a fee to submit to our general reading period, and we're grateful for the support we receive through donations and orders.