The Red Branch Review is a literary and visual art annual based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Review seeks to bring to readers the kaleidoscope of human experience and was founded in response to the increasing liminality of the Appalachian experience. The editors are gathering artistic and literary voices that express that tension and evoke a sense of place into conversation with one another. The Review recognizes and celebrates the heterogeneity of Appalachia. The editors welcome contributors and readers to bring their individual voices and perspectives to the Review, and we encourage potential contributors to familiarize themselves with the journal before submitting.
General Submission Guidelines
The editors of The Red Branch Review are pleased to offer individual calls for their various areas. Please see specific guidelines for each genre before submitting. Our general submission guidelines are: 1) Please send all submissions to [email protected] with the subject line of GENRE: LAST NAME OF SUBMITTER (e.g., Visual Art: Hartman, Poetry: McMasters, Essay: Soltau). 2) In the body of your email submission, please include a brief cover letter outlining your submission and a short (150 words or less) third-person bio. 3) Make sure your attachments are in accessible formats so the editors can access your work: we will not solicit resubmissions if the files are inaccessible. 4) Please allow about 4 months for a response before sending a query about your submission. If you are a past contributor, please wait at least one reading period before submitting again.
The Red Branch Review is not currently a paying market, though we hope that will change as we grow. Contributors will receive a physical copy of the Review upon the issue's release.
The Red Branch Review acquires First Electronic Rights and Non-exclusive Archival Rights. Upon publication, all other rights revert to the author. Please credit The Red Branch Review as first publisher if you reprint elsewhere; we all thrive when we share our stories. Red Branch reserves the right to reprint work at a later date. We reserve the right to remove pieces from our archives.
The editors at The Red Branch Review look forward to reviewing your work.
Poetry and Fiction Submission Guidelines
The Red Branch Review is pleased to invite submissions for their print and digital annual literary and visual art review. The Red Branch Review’s fiction and poetry editors welcome submissions in both genres of all styles from anyone who has a connection to Appalachia.
We are especially interested in voices which grew from Appalachia and the Appalachian diaspora as well as those who have settled in Appalachia from elsewhere, but anyone with aesthetic, geographic, or ideological connections to Appalachia are welcome to submit.
Fiction and poetry submissions need not be explicitly about the Appalachian region.
Please submit 3 to 5 poems (12 pages maximum) or up to 2 pieces of fiction (20 pages maximum) in a single Word or PDF document without identifying information for consideration. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please let our editors know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Art Submission Guidelines
The Red Brach Review is pleased to invite submissions for their print and digital annual literary and visual art review. The publication will include a solo or two-person exhibition in print. We are seeking work from visual artists with geographical, ideological, or aesthetic connections to Appalachia. Artists from all locales and working in all mediums are welcome. The Red Branch Review intends to bring readers the kaleidoscope of human experience beyond regionalism and was founded in response to the increasing liminality of the Appalachian experience. The editors aim to bring artistic and literary voices into conversation with one another, while celebrating the vibrancy and heterogeneity of Appalachia. How to Submit: 1. Please send all submissions to [email protected]with the subject line of GENRE: LAST NAME OF SUBMITTER (e.g., Visual Art: Hartman, Poetry: McMasters, Essay: Soltau). 2. In the body of your email submission, please include an artist statement detailing the relationship of the work to Appalachian experience and a short (150 words or less) third-person bio. 3. Attach a single PDF including 10-15 images that would compose a cohesive print exhibition and a title list including title, dimensions, media, and year for each work. PDF files should be labeled VISUAL ART_LAST NAME.
The editors at The Red Branch Review look forward to reviewing your work.