Submissions
Welcome to SHARK REEF
SHARK REEF endeavors to give voice to serious writers who are committed to producing original writing of high quality. We are particularly passionate about publishing work revealing the rich experiences of ordinary people, whether as fiction, non-fiction, drama or poetry.
We may edit your work but will ask for your approval before it appears. As all evaluation of art is subjective, we make no bones about the fact that our selections are informed by our own tastes, whims, and fancies. We encourage you to review past issues of SHARK REEF to get a sense of our editorial preferences.
General Submission Guidelines
SHARK REEF considers and publishes fiction, creative non-fiction prose, poetry, dramatic writing and artwork in two issues a year. Submission deadline for the Summer edition is March 31; for the Winter edition, September 30.
Previously unpublished documents must be submitted online in Microsoft Word or in RTF (Rich Text Format). All multiple poetry submissions should be in a single document. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME ON EACH DOCUMENT YOU ATTACH.
Email your submissions — one genre only — to gro.feerkrahsnull@rotide. PLEASE USE SIMPLE FORMATTING AND DOUBLE SPACE YOUR WORK. FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT POETRY, USE A LINE BREAK BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS INSTEAD OF INDENTING.
Maximum word limit is 4,000 words. Poets may submit up to three unpublished poems MAXIMUM. Visual artists may submit up to five pieces maximum in JPEG or PNG formats. Images size should be resized to be no less than 400 pixels on the longest side, and no larger than 800 pixels on the longest side; JPEGs should be compressed at High Quality (60-80) settings.
Simultaneous submissions are OK. Please include your name, address, daytime telephone number, e-mail address and a short bio.
To be sure your submission receives our full consideration, please proofread your text carefully; spelling, grammatical and mechanical mistakes may prevent us from giving your work the full editorial attention it deserves.
You can expect a reply to your submission within three months of the submission deadlines. We neither charge nor remit payment for submissions or selections. We do not require any legal document to change hands. The selections are posted as our Current Issue until the next issue comes out and then moved to the Archives section.
Important: Many email service providers use rather aggressive spam filters. Please make sure your email system is set up to accept mail from us—usually adding our email address (gro.feerkrahsnull@rotide) to your address book is sufficient.
Contact Us
We’d love to hear from you. Send your comments to editor Lorna Reese at gro.feerkrahsnull@rotide. Lorna works with a different co-editor for every issue. If you think you might be a good co-editor, please contact that as well.
