Overview

Route 7 Review, established in 2013 and published annually by Utah Tech University, welcomes submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews, interviews, and visual arts from artists and writers from anywhere in the world. Route 7 Review's mission is to be a hub of creativity for the Southwest. We plan on creating this hub by publishing an assortment of work such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, interviews, photography, and art.

• We do not accept previously published work, regardless of format or circulation.
• We accept simultaneous submissions so long as you withdraw your submission if your work is accepted elsewhere.
• We accept all submissions free of charge. 
• Please include a third-person biographical note of 100 words or fewer with your submission. We will include it in our publication should we accept your work.
• Upon publication, all rights will revert back to the author.
• Please submit only one (1) submission in each genre per submission period. 
• Our submission period runs from September 20 - November 1.
• Editors will respond by December 1 on whether or not your submission is accepted by our publication.
• We will not be accepting any work created with AI in this publication. We want to highlight what humans are capable of producing on their own.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to read your work. We look forward to it.

General Guidelines for Written Submissions

All written submissions should be  formatted according to the following guidelines:

• 12 pt. font, Times New Roman
• 1-inch margins
• Double Spacing
• .doc, .docx, and .pdf files

Creative Nonfiction

Short-Story format

• No more than 1 document per submission
• Up to 5,000 words in length

Flash format

• No more than 1 document per submission
• Up to 1,000 words in length

Fiction

Short-Story format

• No more than 1 document per submission
• Up to 5,000 words in length

Flash-fiction format

• No more than 1 document per submission
•  Up to 1,000 words in length

Poetry

• Submit up to 5 poems.
• Include all poems within a single document.
• Your submission should not exceed 6 pages.
• At this time, we cannot publish custom formatting.

Reviews

• Up to 2,000 words in length
• Submit 1-2 book reviews.
• Include each review in a separate document.

Interviews

• Up to 5,000 words in length
• Interviewee must be credited
• Integrity and intention of interviewee's responses upheld

 Visual Art

We accept .jpeg, .tif, and .png files.

• We accept all forms of visual arts including photography, painting and drawing, digital art, 3D sculpture/ceramics, etc. 
• For photography, no human subjects with the exception of self portraits.
• We accept only five (5) visual art pieces per submission.
• All images must be cropped to size.
• All images must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
• No borders, watermarks, or graphics overlaid.

For 3D art, we ask the following in addition to other requirements:

•  3D artwork must be photographed against a plain white, gray, or black background or a black to white gradient background.
• A clear image must be submitted, cropped to size, with appropriate lighting.

Rights and Responsibilities

We want your submission to be the best it can be. For written submissions, our editors may offer editorial suggestions prior to publication and/or request minor revisions. By submitting to Route 7 Review, you agree to allow us to make copyediting modifications to your document (e.g., correcting spelling, removing extra spaces, correcting punctuation, etc.). We will not alter your submission in any way that will change the context, and you will be contacted should the need for clarification arise (e.g., homonyms).

Though we claim first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights, you retain the copyright for your submitted work. Where possible, we request exclusivity for 30 days post-publishing before you post or submit your work elsewhere. Should you re-publish your submission, we request that you credit Route 7 Review as the first publisher.
We do not accept reprints of previously published work. All work submitted to Route 7 Review must be original. Additionally, we are a non-paying market.

Should Route 7 Review develop a print anthology of published work, we may request permission to reproduce your work. We do not currently have plans for print editions or anthologies, and you may feel free to opt out of appearing in an anthology at any time.