{"id":9663,"date":"2026-01-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:37:14","slug":"wrb-is-accepting-book-reviews-review-essays-and-long-form-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/?p=9663","title":{"rendered":"WRB is Accepting Book Reviews, Review Essays, and Long-form Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<em>Women\u2019s Review of Books<\/em>&nbsp;(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 Previously unpublished work only.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WRB accepts previously unpublished, human-created work&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wrb.submittable.com\/submit\">via Submittable<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/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\">Book Review Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit\u00a0<strong>one review<\/strong>, up to 500 words (PDF, DOC, DOCX).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include book title, author, publisher, and publication year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include a brief third-person 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Review Essay Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit\u00a0<strong>one essay<\/strong>, up to 1,000 words (PDF, DOC, DOCX)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include a brief third-person 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long-form Article Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit\u00a0<strong>one article<\/strong>, up to 3,000 words (PDF, DOC, DOCX).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include a brief third-person 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>&nbsp;You 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&nbsp;<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 book reviews, review essays, and long-form articles ro WRB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrb-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663","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=9663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9664,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions\/9664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewrb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}