Work submitted here will be considered for our "Micro Monday" feature (online) and not our quarterly issues. We currently pay $25 per piece for work published in this segment. Guidelines are as follows:

• We consider original, previously unpublished/uncurated work only. 
• We are open to creative nonfiction, fiction, list essays, fever dreams, prose poetry, lineated poetry, strange and extraordinary artifacts, nonconformist nonsense, and anything that will make us laugh, cry or laugh-cry. Please pick the category that fits best with the work being submitted.
• Max word count for is about 500 words. 
• We prefer to read blind so please remove your name from the submitted document.
• One piece per submission, please. Once you submit, please wait until you hear back from us before submitting to this micro category again. Other submission opportunities for publication at TGLR are here.
• Submissions should be typed using 12 point serif font, preferably Times New Roman in Word or PDF format. Prose should be double spaced whereas poems and uncategorizable artifacts should be formatted as the author desires. We do our best to retain any special formatting when publishing. 

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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. It may take from one to seven months depending on when the work is submitted and also how terrible or wonderful the world is at any given moment. Thank you in advance for your patience.

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

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 used on the cover of our seasonal issues at this time -- $50 as of the spring 2024 issue. 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.

Work submitted here will be considered for our Sprint 2025 issue (online). We publish poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, short fiction, short nonfiction, and Spanish translations. 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. 
• 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. 

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.

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.

This year's prize payout is $300. In addition, the winning poem will be featured online as a part of our summer Honeybee Prize issue. The winner will also receive a jar of honey from a Midwest apiary and fierce gratitude for being our first spoken-word winner. 🍯 

Four to six finalists will be selected by a subset of our poetry team and sent to our guest judge who will select a winner. The judge this year is TBD and will be announced sometime this winter. 

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

Submission guidelines are largely the same as our regular publication guidelines. We will not consider previously published work (social media accounts and live performances are fine) and we kindly request that all personal identifiable information is removed from any submitted documents and files. 

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• All work must be original. 
• The length limit on individual poems is about 3 minutes. Being slightly longer will not disqualify a poem, but it better earn those extra seconds. 
• Please send no more than 3 poems per submission. You can submit more than once, but will have to pay the fee for each submission. 
• The text form of the poem(s) should be typed, preferably with 12-point Times New Roman font or similar. We will work with the winner to format their poem so that it is rendered in a way that pleases the poet. All the poems should be in one text file.
• Please include one to three audio or video files. The poems may each be in their own file or all together in one file. Our production team will work with the winning poet to produce a final version for our website and social media platforms. 
• If creating audio or video files is a barrier to participation, please email editors@thegoodlifereview.com and we will assist you with your submission. 
• The poems will be evaluated using audio only, even if the uploaded file format is video.  

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We will respond to all submitted work but, again, it may take from one to six months depending on when the work is submitted within the given reading period. 

Thank you for trusting us with your work!