Does your original photography or artwork tell a story? We are currently looking for pieces to feature in our next issue. There are no specific guidelines and the only requirement is that artwork must be original. We would encourage you to check out our latest issue @ https://thegoodlifereview.com/ to see if we would be a good home for your work.

We're a 501C3 nonprofit organization and every member of our staff is a volunteer. We strive to provide a beautiful platform for artists and writers to showcase and share their work and want your experience with TGLR to be a postive one, but are only able to pay for artwork via $50 honorarium for pieces selected for the cover of our seasonal issues at this time.We appreciate the love that goes into every piece and hope that we can pay all artists for their efforts in the future. 

* Also of note * We currently don't require first rights or file contracts for images and therefore, by submitting, you  acknowledge and authorize publication if accepted. The only exception to this is if you explicitly withdraw the entire submission or send a note/email letting us know the piece or pieces that are no longer available. 

We will respond to all submitted work, however, pieces we have a particular interest in may remain "in process" for the duration of a calendar year. Our aim is to select pieces that visually complement the writing accepted for our seasonal issues and therefore we don't know what might make a good match until the writing is selected. Thank you in advance for your patience.

This year the prize payout is $2000 across 5 genres. 

Four to six finalists in each genre – short fiction, flash fiction, short creative nonfiction, flash creative nonfiction, and poetry – will be selected by our current editorial teams and sent to our guest judges who will select a winner. The judges this year are TBD and will be announced sometime this winter.

The winning entry in each of the five categories will receive $300, publication in our summer 2025 issue, and a jar of honey from a Midwest apiary. 🍯 Other select finalists will also be invited to be published in the issue with an honorarium of $75.

The contest fee is $18. Finalists will be announced in May and winners in June. Response time on contest submissions may be up to six months depending on the submission date. Thank you in advance for your patience.  

Other submission guidelines are the same as our regular publication guidelines. We will not consider previously published work and request that all personal identifiable information is removed from the submitted manuscript. For a comprehensive set of guidelines and genre specific details, please visit our general submission page.

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For Prose:

• We consider original, previously unpublished stories and essays up to 5000 words (if it’s a little more, we will keep reading, but the story has to earn it). Please select the correct genre on the form so the submission can be routed to the correct editorial team. Short is 1000-5000, flash is up to 1000 words. 
• For flash, submit 1 to 3 pieces in a single submission. 
• Submissions should be typed, double-spaced and paginated with one-inch margins and a 12 point serif font, preferably Times New Roman in Word or PDF format. 
• We prefer to read blind so please remove your name from the submitted document.

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For Poetry:

• We consider original, previously unpublished poems in formal, free verse, and experimental forms. 
• There is no length limit on individual poems, but please send no more than 5 poems per submission and no more than 10 pages in total.
• Poems should be typed with at least one-inch margins and a 12 point serif font, preferably Times New Roman in Word or PDF format. We do our best to format poems to the exact specification desired but those with long lines may wrap unconditionally when rendered on some tablets and mobile phones.
• We prefer to read blind so please remove your name from the submitted document.

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We support Spanish translations as long as the rights to translate have been previously acquired. 

We will respond to all submitted work, however, it may take from one to six months depending on when the work is submitted within the given reading period. Thank you in advance for your patience.

Work submitted here will be considered for our Autumn 2025 issue (online). We publish poetry, flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, short fiction, and short creative nonfiction. 

In addition, and for the first time ever, Issue #21 will feature spoken word pieces alongside written work. As such we are seeking poems, brief prose pieces, and mini monologues rendered with passion and flair. 

Payment for this issue is $60 per published piece of writing ($75 for two pieces). 

The title of your submission should be the same as the title of the story or poem. For multiple poems or flash prose, please include all titles. 

Genre guidelines are as follows...

For Fiction and Creative Nonfiction:

• We consider original, previously unpublished stories and essays up to 5000 words (if it’s a little more, we will keep reading, but the story has to earn it). Please select the correct category on the form so the submission can be routed to the correct editorial team. 
• For flash and micro, no more than 3 pieces in a single submission. 
• Submissions should be typed, double-spaced and paginated with one-inch margins and a 12 point serif font, preferably Times New Roman in Word or PDF format. 
• If there are content warnings, please include those in the submitted document preceding the piece. 
• We prefer to read blind so please remove your name from the submitted document.

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 For Poetry:

• We consider original, previously unpublished poems in formal, free verse, and experimental forms. 
• There is no length limit on individual poems, but please send no more than 5 poems per submission and no more than 10 pages in total.
• Poems should be typed with at least one-inch margins and a 12 point serif font, preferably Times New Roman in Word or PDF format. We do our best to format poems to the exact specification desired but those with long lines may wrap unconditionally when rendered on some tablets and mobile phones.
• If there are content warnings, please include those in the submitted document preceding the piece. 
• We prefer to read blind so please remove your name from the submitted document.

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For Spoken Word:

• We consider original, previously uncurated audio and video files. Live performances and audio/video shared on social media platforms are welcome. 
• Send up to three pieces, max of 3 minutes each. Either all in the same audio or video file or three separate files. If selected our AV Editor will work with you to produce files suitable for presentation on the website. 
• Please also include a text document with the pieces typed. 
• If there are content warnings, please include those in the submitted documents preceding the pieces. 
• We prefer to read/listen/watch blind so please remove your name from the submitted documents.

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We also support Spanish translations as long as the rights to translate have been previously acquired. 

A comprehensive set of guidelines can be found on the submission page of our website.

We will respond to all submitted work, however, it may take from one to seven months depending on when the work is submitted within the given reading period. Thank you in advance for your patience.