Founded in 2017, Orson’s Review is a thoughtful literary journal whose pages are filled with wise yet approachable stories.
We believe writing, reading, and publishing literature does nothing to make you elite, and the writing we publish represents that. Therefore, while we care deeply about quality, we care very little about awards, or about publishing award winners.
We believe in diversity and encourage writers of all races, all genders, and all backgrounds to submit.
We believe in ambitious stories that are unafraid to go places, be those places light or dark. We believe in ambitious stories that explore their characters and settings with courage and tact. We publish ambitious stories that must be told.
Issue One, Issue Two and Issue Three of Orson’s Review are now live. Issue Four will be published on March 24th, 2020.
*As of October 1st, 2019, Orson’s Review will only be accepting submissions of fiction. If you’d been preparing to submit a work of poetry, nonfiction, or photography, we apologize for this inconvenience.
Orson's Review Submission Guidelines
*ATTN: The submission period for Issue Four is open from October 1st, 2019 through January 15th, 2020.
FIction Submissions
Up to 5,000 words
Send as an attachment via email to [email protected] with the following subject line: Fiction Submission - Story Title - Author Name [ex: Fiction Submission - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson]
We’ll notify you of our decision within 3-6 months
ORSON's REVIEW TEAM
FICTION EDITOR
Garrett Dennert is an American author who was raised in Hart, Michigan. He earned his B.A. in creative writing from Grand Valley State University and soon after served as founding member and nonfiction editor of Squalorly. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
Garrett’s stories and essays have appeared in Barely South Review, Midwestern Gothic, Monkeybicycle, and Whiskeypaper. He also authored Wounded Tongue, a literary post-apocalyptic novel. In 2020, Garrett’s short story collection, Strays Like Us, will be published.
Visit garrettdennert.com to learn more about Garrett.
FICTION EDITOR
Kerri Caldwell was raised in Virginia Beach, VA, where she still resides. She is currently working towards her B.A. in Creative Writing & English from Southern New Hampshire University. She hopes to find her place within the worlds of writing, editing, and publishing.
Kerri has been writing and editing for Southern New Hampshire’s online writing community, The Odyssey, since 2016. She uses this opportunity to publish articles about the hard topics in life that are real, but ignored. She has written successful articles about Celiac Disease, infertility, depression, living with an autoimmune disease, and coping with losing parents at a young age. She recently started an internship with Geekisphere, where she has the dream job of writing articles about tv shows, movies, and comics.