Breakwater Review only accepts previously unpublished work and is glad to review simultaneous submissions, but please inform us if your writing is accepted elsewhere.  We are not looking for poetry or prose of certain styles or theme, we just want work that moves us and will move the audience we're building. We are also looking for literary criticism, book reviews, and original creative non-fiction.

Breakwater is published two times per year: January and June. We offer rolling, open submission for each of our issues.  Submissions received after the close for each issue will be considered for a subsequent issue.  Submission cut-off dates are as follows:

• November 15 for the January issue;
• April 15 for the June issue.

Please submit your work via our new online submission manager.  The deadline for the January issue has passed; however, submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis for subsequent issues.

NOTE: E-mail submissions were accepted until October 4, 2009 and will be automatically entered into the system.  E-mail submissions received on or after October 5, 2009 won't be accepted and should be re-entered in our online submission manager. Thank you!

Even though we're new, we receive a large number of submissions. Our submission guidelines are setup to facilitate our editorial process.  Please follow the instructions below to enter your submission, or your manuscript will be automatically withdrawn:

1. Upload your submission as a Document (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or Adobe PDF file, (.pdf).  Please note: we do not accept the current DOCX default in MS Word for Windows Vista.
2. Upload each piece, i.e., story, review, poem as a SEPARATE submission.
3. Please tell us where you heard of our magazine in the comments field. (Optional.)
4. Our reviewer process is blind.  DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME or OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ANYWHERE ON YOUR MANUSCRIPT.
5. Submit up to 5,000 words of fiction, 3,000 words of non-fiction, or up to 5 poems per reading period. Please do not exceed the submission limits.