Welcome and thank you for considering Ostrich.
Like a Christmas present from the gods, unsolicited submissions are open every day of the year as long as you follow a few basic guidelines.
Please include a cover letter and brief bio with your submission. Tell us something about yourself. Maybe not your life story, but at least your name, email, and the best way to reach you. Let us know if your submission is being considered elsewhere, et cetera.
Simultaneous submissions are okay. Previously published work is not. Submit to one genre at a time. Wait until our response before submitting again.
After 90 days, feel free to email us about getting our act together.
For more specific guidelines, look for your category below.
Upon acceptance Contributors retain all rights but are asked to acknowledge Ostrich Review as first publisher if your work appears elsewhere.
Once again, thanks for considering Ostrich.
All the best,
The Editors
So you have poems and we want them. Attach 3-5 poems in a single file. 10 page maximum. No multiple submissions.
Simultaneous submissions are always welcome, but please inform us upon their acceptance elsewhere via the contact page on the website. Tell us which poem is no longer available, so we can check out the others.
Previously published work will not be considered.
One story at a time. Keep under thirty pages, but even shorter pieces are more likely to make the cut. No multiple submissions. Wait until our response on your submissions before submitting again.
Simultaneous submissions accepted, but withdraw the submission upon acceptance elsewhere.
As always, no previously published work.
Tuesday Grab Bag
Tuesday Grab Bag posts should be somewhat literary in nature. Aside from that, be creative! Talk about whatever interests, inspires, or infuriates you. It should go without saying (but we're going to say it anyway) that hate speech, bigotry, and other forms of ignorance won't be published. For an idea of what we're looking for, see past Tuesday Grab Bags.Please note that each post requires an image, so be sure to include something you are allowed to use. If the image is not your own, let us know where you got it!
Fifty Word Friday
The parameters are pretty simple:- fifty words--no more, no less (use them wisely)
- choose a book of fiction, poetry, or nonfiction that's no more than two years old (reviews of chapbooks and novellas are welcome)
- check to make sure someone else at Ostrich hasn't already reviewed it
- be honest (but not unnecessarily mean or excessively praise-y)
- though it's sometimes hard in close-knit literary communities, you should have no close personal or professional affiliation with the book's author (this, obviously, means you cannot review your own book)