General Submissions
Guidelines
How do I submit to The Aster?
You can email submissions to asterreview@gmail.com! Please use this template as your subject line: "Submission: Last Name, Type of Submission (specify 2D art, 3D art, or photography for visual arts submissions)" and include your full name, academic year, and contact information in the body of the email.
What can I submit to The Aster?
Really anything that fits in print. Our submissions include but are not limited to:
- prose, short fiction, and flash fiction
- poetry
- visual arts
- miscellaneous prose (creative nonfiction, monologues, screenwriting, one-act plays, etc.)
- reviews and interviews relating to the arts
- Digital media, including videos and audio recordings
- excerpts are welcome, though they must have a self-contained conflict and resolution (they can hint as to what comes before and after)
Is there a submissions limit?
Yes: 4 for prose and poetry, and 5 for visual arts
What are the deadlines?
We are accepting submissions for Volume VII until February 26, 2023.
Short fiction guidelines
- The submission limit is 4.
- Our word limit is a soft 2,000 words—but we won't read anything over 3,000.
- We recommend submissions be in standard manuscript format.
- Submit as a Word or Google Doc. No PDFs, please.
- Excerpts are welcome. Stand-alone excerpted work only—the excerpt should function as a story on its own without the context of the complete work.
- Submit each piece of short fiction as a separate document.
- Include a cover page with your name.
Poetry guidelines
- The submission limit is 4.
- Submit as a Word or Google Doc. No PDFs, please.
- Submit each poem as a separate document.
- Include a cover page with your name.
Miscellaneous prose guidelines
- The submission limit is 4.
- Our word limit is a soft 1,500 words—but we won't read anything over 2,000.
- Submit as a Word or Google Doc. No PDFs, please.
- Submit each piece of miscellaneous prose as a separate document.
- Include a cover page with your name.
Visual arts guidelines
- The submission limit is 5.
- Submit as a .jpg, .jpeg, or .png that is at least 300 ppi at an 8"x 10" size.
- There are three subcategories: 2D art, 3D art, and photography.
- If your work falls into the 2D art or 3D art category, please include the medium of your piece.
- If you need help taking high quality photos of your work, we can help. Contact us at asterreview@gmail.com.
- Please include the titles of your work in the body of your email.
- For digital media including videos and audio, please send a high quality file (no YouTube or other outside links)
