Crab Orchard Review

04/04/2024

Please join us the night of the eclipse for an evening of poetry with our own SIU alum, Andrew McFayden-Ketchum! After the reading, there will be an open mic where students and community members alike can share their work!

02/27/2024

We're pleased to announce that "Incognito Grief: A Blues," a poem by our very own Allison Joseph, is being featured on Academy of American Poets' Poem A Day podcast tomorrow, February 27th! Please join us in congratulating her! And be sure to check out the poem when it airs here:

Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previousl

02/15/2024

Crab Orchard Review was founded at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 1996 by Allison Joseph, Carolyn Alessio, Jon Tribble, and Richard Peterson. It is a biannual (spring and fall) literary journal of prose, poetry, book reviews, and author interviews. After nearly three decades in print, the magazine now exists as a digital eZine accessible to readers anytime, anywhere.

Submissions in the following categories are sought for future issues of Crab Orchard Review:

Poetry, particularly formal poetry under 40 lines. Free verse is also welcomed, as is prose poetry.

Fiction, particularly shorter forms: micro fiction, flash fiction, and brief novel excerpts. We will read fiction of any length, but are more interested in shorter pieces, rather than longer ones.

Nonfiction: interested in brief personal essays, flash creative nonfiction, braided and hybrid essay forms.

Book Reviews and Author Interviews: interested in author interviews of and book reviews about small and independent-press authors. Please query before sending interviews or book reviews.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Submit works as a PDF file or a Word document along with contact information and a brief, 3rd-person, author profile.

For poems: submit 3-5 poems per submission

For prose: up to 10 pages per submission

For book reviews/interviews: Please query prior to sending book reviews or interviews.

We will ask to see the review or interview if we are interested.

Response time: 2 weeks to 2 months

Upon acceptance, we will request electronic rights. Rights will return to the author after publication. No monetary payment, but your work will be promoted online and via our Crab Orchard Review social media accounts.

Submit to via email to:
Allison Joseph, Editor ([email protected])

Submission window for Fall 2024 issue: February 15, 2024 to May 15, 2024 (SOLICITED AUTHORS ONLY for an anticipated August ’24 launch)
Submission window for Spring 2025 issue: September 15, 2024 to Dec 15, 2024 (OPEN CALL for an anticipated March ’25 launch)

Link to previous issues: https://issuu.com/craborchardreview

Current Staff:
Allison Joseph, Editor
Keith Hoerner, Managing Editor
Sarah Nivala, Podcast Editor
Lyra Thomas, Social Media Manager

02/14/2024

We'll see you soon! ;)

Check out our new landing page!

https://craborchardreview.siu.edu/

06/05/2022

Hello COR fans and friends: as we work to recover from the pandemic and from the loss of Jon Tribble, we ask for your patience. We will not be reading new submissions this summer but will begin reading again in September 2022. We will be doing at least one online event, so please stay tuned for word of that event! Thanks, Allison Joseph

04/30/2022

Thank you to everyone who attended our poetry reading and Q&A over Zoom. It was marvelous!

And special shout-outs to Allison Joseph and Katy Balma. Thank you for reading your creative works and answering questions about your creative process!

You can watch a recording of the event below.
***Passcode: funvideo123!

Zoom's secure, reliable video platform powers all of your communication needs, including meetings, chat, phone, webinars, and online events.

04/23/2022

Did you know you can read the Crab Orchard Review for FREE online? Well . . . you can! Check out our past editions: https://issuu.com/craborchardreview. ENJOY!

Pictured: STELLANTIS, a surrealist photo by Erik Johansson