Furrow is currently closed for submissions as we prepare to publish our Spring 2023 issue. We will be open for submissions for our Spring 2024 issue from Dec. 1, 2023-Feb. 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.
We accept unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and comics by undergraduate students.
To be eligible for publication in our next issue (May 2024), you must be enrolled as an undergraduate at any U.S. college or university during the 2023-2024 academic year. We will notify you by mid-April with our decisions.
Each student may submit:
- One short story (up to 5,000 words, double-spaced)
- One work of creative nonfiction (up to 5,000 words, double-spaced)
- Note: we do not publish academic or scholarly essays. We do publish literary nonfiction.
- Up to 5 poems
- Up to 5 works of art
- Up to 10 pages of comics
What kind of work do we prefer? Check out the poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and comics featured on our website to get a sense of the type and quality of work we love.
