At SHARK REEF Literary Magazine we stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and in recognition of the racial injustice that permeates our society, including creative and literary communities, we are hereby waiving the submission fee for Black writers, Indigenous writers, and writers Of Color. 

We welcome previously unpublished prose drama under 3,500 words. We will review your submission and acknowledge acceptance within three months. No multiple submissions per issue, please. 

Please note that we do not consider genre fiction: fantasy,  thriller, sf, horror or erotica. We prefer work that does not employ extreme violence and graphic sexuality in order to get its point across.

Submissions should be in 12-point type, double-spaced and numbered pages. On the first page of the submission, please include author’s name, address, telephone number, email address and a brief bio. If your submission does not follow these guidelines, we may not accept it. We may edit your work or suggest changes but will ask for your approval before it appears.

To be sure your submission receives our full consideration, please proofread your text carefully; spelling, grammatical and mechanical mistakes may prevent us from giving your work the full editorial attention it deserves.

We do not remit payment for submissions or selections and do not require any legal document to change hands. Selections are posted as our Current Issue until the next issue comes out and then moved to the Archives.