{"id":9659,"date":"2026-01-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/?p=9659"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:37:24","slug":"wrb-is-accepting-fiction-poetry-and-visual-arts-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/?p=9659","title":{"rendered":"WRB is Accepting Fiction, Poetry, and Visual Arts Contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<em>Women\u2019s Review of Books<\/em>\u00a0(WRB) publishes reviews, essays, fiction, poetry, and visual art by and about women. Work in translation is welcome. Previously unpublished work only. WRB pays $100 per accepted piece. All rights revert to the author\/artist after publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WRB accepts previously unpublished, human-created work <a href=\"https:\/\/wrb.submittable.com\/submit\">via Submittable<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your work makes use of AI-generated images or prose, you must acknowledge your use of that technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit\u00a0<strong>one story<\/strong>, up to 3,000 words (PDF, DOC, DOCX).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use standard 12-point font, double-spaced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include a brief third-person bio (up to 100 words) and optional cover letter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simultaneous submissions allowed; withdraw immediately if accepted elsewhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only one submission per reading period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit up to\u00a0<strong>4 previously unpublished poems<\/strong>\u00a0in a single file (PDF, DOC, DOCX).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start each poem on a new page; pagination appreciated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include a brief third-person bio (up to 100 words) and optional cover letter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simultaneous submissions allowed; withdraw immediately if accepted elsewhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only one submission per reading period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visual Arts Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit up to\u00a0<strong>5 previously unpublished images<\/strong>\u00a0in a single PDF or portfolio-style document.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-resolution preferred (300 dpi).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include a brief artist statement and bio (up to 100 words).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simultaneous submissions allowed; withdraw immediately if accepted elsewhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only one submission per reading period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AI Disclosure:<\/strong>\u00a0You must acknowledge any use of AI-generated text or images in your submission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit our submissions platform for more information at <a href=\"https:\/\/wrb.submittable.com\/submit\">https:\/\/wrb.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to submit original fiction, poetry, and visual arts contributions to WRB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrb-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9662,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9659\/revisions\/9662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}