The Kudzu Review

Submissions for The Kudzu Review: Issue 77 are now open!

Please read below for deadlines, information about what we are looking for, and the specific form for YOUR genre submissions. Only submissions that meet our guidelines will be considered.

Early Submission Deadline: 9/24/26

Submit before midnight to receive tailored feedback from our editors with your decision. Please allow time for our editors to review your work and craft their feedback. Visual art received by the early decision deadline will be considered for the issue’s cover art!

Final Submission Deadline: 10/25/26

Last date to submit work to be considered for the upcoming issue.

General Guidelines

We ONLY accept submissions from current undergraduate students.
Remove all identifiers from your piece (name, email) so assistants can review your work anonymously
Undergraduates who graduated one semester prior to the current submission period may also submit. (I.e., if you graduated in spring, you may submit the following fall, or vice versa.)
We are an international magazine, so no matter what university you attend in the world, we want to read your work!
If submitting multiple pieces, please do so individually. Do NOT submit multiple pieces in one file.
We recommend you make the file name the same as the piece’s title.
Do not include any identifying information within the document itself.
It is free to submit, but we are a non-paying market.
We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your piece has been accepted for publication elsewhere.
Our editors may suggest a round of edits. Publication is not contingent upon acceptance of these editorial suggestions.

Genre-Specific Guidelines

Fiction

We accept short stories, one-act scripts, comic strips/sequential art, and other experimental forms.
We typically accept pieces that are 1000 – 4000 words, but will read stories that have as few as 5 pages or up to 5000 words.
HARD SELLS:
- Anything over 5000 words
- Erotica
- Anything with graphic sexual assault
DO NOT SUBMIT:
- Anything under 750 words (5 pages)
- Anything over 6000 words (or more than 20 pages)
- Fan fiction, or any derivative works
- A chapter or unfinished piece of a larger work
- More than 3 fiction pieces in one semester
Submissions must be double-spaced, in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and submitted as a Word/.docx file.
We encourage you to include content warnings for our staff!

FICTION SUBMISSION FORM

Nonfiction

We accept memoir, personal essays, and all forms of creative nonfiction.
We prefer pieces that are 500 – 3000 words long, but will accept as little as 100 words and up to 4000 words.
HARD SELLS:
- Anything over 4000 words
- Feature articles/narrative journalism
- Blog posts
DO NOT SUBMIT:
- Research papers/critical essays of any kind
- Hard news pieces
- Press releases
- Listicles
- More than 3 nonfiction pieces in one semester
Submissions must be double-spaced, in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and submitted as a Word/.docx file.
We encourage you to include content warnings for our staff!

NONFICTION SUBMISSION FORM

Poetry

We accept all forms of poetry.
Individual poems must not be longer than 3 pages in length.
HARD SELLS:
- Erotica
DO NOT SUBMIT:
- More than 3 poems in one semester
Poems must be single-spaced and submitted as a Word/.docx file.
If there is a special visual format to your poem, consider submitting it as a PDF.

POETRY SUBMISSION FORM

Visual Art

We accept all forms of traditional 2D artwork (painting, drawing, etc.), digital art, photography, and high quality images of 3D artwork. We also accept comic strips/sequential artwork.
DO NOT SUBMIT:
- More than 5 pieces in one semester
- Fan art, or any derivative works
Please submit PNGs ONLY. Avoid low-resolution images. Files should be at least 5MP or suitable for printing at 300DPI.

VISUAL ART SUBMISSION FORM