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Closes

November 1, 2026, 11 days left

Effort

About 4 hours

Cost to apply

Free

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What it is

The Columbus Review is a new nonprofit experimental literary magazine and publisher based in Columbus, Ohio. They publish raw, weird, boundary-pushing poetry, prose, scripts, and satire that does not fit in traditional outlets. Their focus is literary alchemy—mixing messy, contradictory human experiences into strange, urgent, and timeless work inspired by early cinema, Dada, and surrealism. They welcome innovative, experimental work including poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, one-act plays, short screenplays, and absurdist or satire pieces. They especially love hybrid forms, flash pieces, grotesque humor, prototypes, inversions of form, and anything that feels urgent, playful, over-the-line, or unexpectedly brilliant.

Who it is for

Writers working in poetry, prose, scripts, and satire who want to submit experimental literary work.

Open to artists anywhere.

The call says: “Source page: open to applicants from any country”

US artists

Where

United States

When

November 1, 2026, 11 days left

Runs August 1, 2026 to November 1, 2026

What you get

Publication in The Columbus Review's inaugural winter issue, in print and online, with no submission fee.

What you need to apply

  • Submitted manuscript or artwork files
  • Removal of identifying personal information from manuscript or artwork itself (blind submission)
  • Third-person bio (optional)
  • Artist statement (highly recommended for visual art cover selection; not required)

How long it takes

About 4 hours

Medium application. Estimated from the 4 items this application asks for, not from the organisation.

Cost to apply

Free

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Go to the application

https://www.thecolumbusreview.com/submissions