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NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 18: RISING


Switchback is a publication of the MFA Program at the University of San Francisco and appears both online and in ebook format. We publish only the very best fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art. For issue 18, an Editor's Prize will be awarded in the amount of $200.00 to the submission best addressing the issue theme: Rising. Additional prizes in the amount of $75.00 and $50.00 respectively will be awarded to the first two runners up. There is no fee to enter. Submissions need not address the issue theme in order to be considered for publication. Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting. 

Issue 18: Rising will be published November 1, 2013.
DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS is August 31, 2013.

FICTION
Send us only one piece of fiction at a time and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere. Make sure your name DOES NOT appear on the submission itself. While we will accept longer work, we prefer submissions of 7500 words and under. 

NONFICTION
Send us only one piece of nonfiction at a time and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere. Make sure your name DOES NOT appear on the submission itself. While we will accept longer work, we prefer submissions of 7500 words and under. 

POETRY 
Send us no more than three poems per submission period and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere. Make sure your name DOES NOT appear on the submission itself.

ART
Be sure to provide information as to the medium of your piece in your cover letter. Send submissions in .gif, .jpg, or .png format with a resolution of 300 dpi or higher. All submissions should be previously unpublished. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere. Make sure your name DOES NOT appear on the submissions itself. 

LITERARY REVIEWS:
Switchback regularly publishes reviews of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on our website. We greatly prefer reviews of lesser reviewed books or works from small presses published within the last two years. Reviews should be unpublished and run between 500-1500 words. In your cover letter please specify to which genre editor the review should be directed. Publicists interested in sending us catalogs and review copies of forthcoming titles are asked to email the editor first at editor@swback.com.

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