The McNeese Review Issue 63 (2026) is available for purchase! Back issues, as well as 2-Year, 3-Year, & 5-Year subscriptions, are also available.
In all genres, we are particularly interested in seeing work from women, people of color, LGBTQ writers, non-binary writers, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups.
Submitting to The McNeese Review
Submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for Volume 64 (2027) of The McNeese Review are welcome from June 1st - August 15th, 2026.
Please follow the guidelines for the relevant genre of your work and please submit no more than once per reading period (multiple submissions will not be read unless the editors have specifically requested that the writer submit again). Submit only original work. Let us know if your writing borrows from or quotes another writer.
We encourage simultaneous submissions; however, please use Submittable to withdraw your submission if it is accepted by another publication. If you need to withdraw a single poem or piece of flash fiction or nonfiction but wish to keep other work in your submission under consideration, please use the Note feature on Submittable.
No material published in The McNeese Review may be reprinted or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the permission of the authors. Writers retain all rights to their work. We ask that The McNeese Review be credited with first publication. All print contributors receive one contributor copy and a $50 honorarium. Contributors outside of the U.S. will receive one additional contributor copy in lieu of the honorarium.
There is a $3 charge for submitting to help offset production costs. We look forward to reading your work!
Looking for Boudin submission info: See its new Submittable page: https://boudin.submittable.com/submit
We want to read your best writing. Our favorite stories are not didactic or moralizing; we want to hear how humans are living, not how they should live. While we do welcome genre elements, we lean towards voice, character, and theme-driven work. Please share a single story of up to 4,000 words, or up to three flash pieces of no more than 1,000 words each.
Word documents (.doc or .docx) are required. If formatting issues are a concern, you may also submit your work as a PDF (in addition to the Word document) for reference. Please title or name your document using the following format: LastName_FirstName_Title (Ex: Robins_Michael_LittleDidHeKnow).
We encourage simultaneous submissions; however, please use Submittable to withdraw your submission if it is accepted by another publication. If you need to withdraw a single piece of flash fiction but wish to keep other work in your submission under consideration, please use the Note feature on Submittable.
Submit no more than once per reading period and submit only original work. Let us know if your writing borrows from or quotes another writer. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be read.
We are interested in poems that engage imagery and sound in unexpected ways: work that braves the challenge of describing what seems indescribable, that explores the complexities of life that have no real answer with a bold, authentic voice.Share with us writing that leaves the reader with a revelation, a new way of experiencing the world, a feeling.Sendup to 3 poems (5 pages maximum),with each poem beginning on its own page.
Word documents (.doc or .docx) are required. If formatting issues are a concern, you may also submit your work as a PDF (in addition to the Word document) for reference. Please title or name your document using the following format: LastName_FirstName_Title (Ex: Robins_Michael_ThreePoems).
We encourage simultaneous submissions; however, please use Submittable to withdraw your submission if it is accepted by another publication. If you need to withdraw a single poem but wish to keep other work in your submission under consideration, please use the Note feature on Submittable.
Submit no more than once per reading period and submit only original work. Let us know if your writing borrows from or quotes another writer. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be read.
We seek writing that leaves the reader lingering on its message. We are most interested in short, potent experiences no longer than 1,000 words; however, if your piece is doing something new and experimental (or has been perfected to the point it simply can't be a single word shorter), be sure it meets all other guidelines and send it our way. You may submit up to 3 pieces, with a combined maximum word count of 3,000 words.
Word documents (.doc or .docx) are required. If formatting issues are a concern, you may also submit your work as a PDF (in addition to the Word document) for reference. Please title or name your document using the following format: LastName_FirstName_Title (Ex: Robins_Michael_IfYouLivedHere).
We encourage simultaneous submissions; however, please use Submittable to withdraw your submission if it is accepted by another publication. If you need to withdraw a single flash piece but wish to keep other work in your submission under consideration, please use the Note feature on Submittable.
Submit no more than once per reading period and submit only original work. Let us know if your writing borrows from or quotes another writer. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be read.
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Contributors to Issue 63 (2026) may purchase additional copies of the issue here for $8.