The Rush seeks to feature poetry: sonnets & blank verse, plus fiction: micro/flash-fiction, non-fiction: social justice essays, vignettes with photography, & photography stories for its ongoing publication.  

-Poetry: Sonnets and Blank Verse: 6 pages

-Fiction: Micro/Flash fiction: 300-500 words

-Non-Fiction: Social Justice essays: 1000 words

-Vignettes & Photography: Text should be 250 words. Please include the photography (you are the photographer) with your vignette (text and photo should be in a single file). We look for texts that use photos beyond their “illustrative” purpose; we want vignettes that converse with the photo and vice versa.

-Photo story (photography only): We welcome all themes from visual storytellers. We are looking for a cohesive body of work. However, this body of work does not need to be completed; your images can be from an ongoing project. Please submit up to 6 photos per photo story. In a separate document (one-page min to two-page max), please include the title and the Pictorial Story Idea or project description (you and your project).

-Photo Story Formatting: Photographs in a submission must be contained in a single .doc, .pdf, or .docx. Images should be submitted in low resolution; however, upon acceptance, images must be provided with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, or greater and as a .jpg that can be reproduced at 1,650 pixels wide.

-All written portions of your submission should be in Times New Roman 12-point type, with at least one-inch margins, and your pages should be sequentially numbered. Please include a page with your name, telephone number, location, and email address at the top of the first page. Please include a brief biographical note with your submission.

-Please include “Full Name” and “Submission Type” in the subject header:

 Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz. Poetry-Sonnet

John Milton. Poetry-Blank Verse

Ernest Hemingway. Fiction-Micro Fiction

Muhammad Ali. Non-fiction-Social Justice Essay

Franz Kafka. Vignette with Photo

 Dorothea Lange. Photo Story

We look forward to reading your work!  Submit here

 Additional Information

-We aim to respond to all submissions within thirty days. Please feel free to query us if you have not received a response by the allotted time. 

-We encourage and welcome simultaneous submissions; please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere by adding a note to your submission. If you have sent multiple pieces in one submission and must withdraw one piece or two, you don't need to remove the entire submission if there are still some pieces for our consideration.

-We do not accept work that has been previously published.

-No AI Images/Photography.

-We do not own anyone’s work. The author may republish the work elsewhere after publication. Acceptance grants us non-exclusive North American Serial Rights in print and digital format.

-Please note that there is no Payment for your work.