Art
Submit 3-5 photographs or examples of art and a cover letter.Include a brief bio (100 words) in your cover letter.
In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latino/a means ... Responses can be up to 100 words.
Written responses should be included in the Message box. Accepted formats for art submissions are JPEG and GIF. If another format is required, please query acentosreview@gmail.com before submitting.
Fiction
Size limit: 7500
Submit 1 piece of fiction of 500 - 7500 words and cover letter. All forms, themes, and styles are accepted.Include a brief bio (100 words) in your cover letter.
In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latino/a means ... Responses can be up to 100 words
Nonfiction, Reviews and Interviews
Size limit: 2000
Submit 1 nonfiction piece of 500 - 2000 words with a cover letter. The Acentos Review is open to the submission of all categories of nonfiction including creative and memoir.Include a brief bio (100 words) in your cover letter.
In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latino/a means ... Responses can be up to 100 words
REVIEWS
We love reviews and always need more of them. They can be approached as academic tangos with the text or intimate exchanges of anecdotes over candlelight. Reviews of 1000 – 1500 words are preferred about books by Latin@ authors or about issues concerning the Latin@ community.
INTERVIEWS
We encourage interviews with Latin@ writers from across the globe. Interviews may be conducted in English or Spanish. Authors chosen to be interviewed should have published at least one book and/or contributed to the community of Latin@ writers in some way. We encourage authors to query first at acentosreview@gmail.com. 1000-1500 words preferred.
Poetry
Size limit: 2000
Submit 3-5 Poems with a cover letter. All styles, themes and forms are accepted.Include a brief bio (100 words) in your cover letter.
In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latino/a means ... Responses can be up to 100 words.
Translation
Size limit: 7500
We encourage translations of contemporary and traditional work from or into Spanish or indigenous languages, from or of Latin@ authors.Cross-Genre
Size limit: 7500
This category would include poetic transcription, reader's theater, excerpts from verse novels, web graphics, musical collaborations or compositions, etc. We ask that submissions include a cover letter, a short artist statement explaining the origin or framework for the work, a brief bio (100 words) in your cover letter and a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latino/a means ... Responses can be up to 100 words.August 2012 MUSIC ISSUE
Please submit under this category if you address the MUSIC theme. This issue is focused on celebrating the music within the Latin@ community. These submissions will be reviewed by editor-in-chief, Dr. Raina J. León and reviewed and selected by a guest editor (TBA). Submissions under this category will receive status notifications by late July 2012. Be sure to include the statement of what being Latina/o means to you.
November 2012 YOUTH ISSUE
Please submit under this category if you are a Latina or Latino youth. This issue is focused on celebrating the creativity of youth within the Latin@ community. These submissions will be reviewed by editor-in-chief, Dr. Raina J. León and reviewed and selected by our guest editor, Samuel "Fish" Vargas. Submissions under this category will receive status notifications by late October 2012. Be sure to include the statement of what being Latina/o means to you.