Submission Guidelines
- Submit All Work BUT Poetry by Email Only to:
- Submit All POETRY by Email Only to:
JDeutsch@dslextreme.com - Submit all work in Word only
- We publish in January; April; July and September.
- We prefer 1,500 to 3,000 words for prose and no
more than three poems.
POETRY It is difficult to describe r.kv.r.y.'s preference in poetry in a few words. We
suggest that potential contributors take a look at the poems contained in our poetry links.
We accept traditional and experimental poetry on “recovery” as it is defined here. Poems
should have textured, evocative images, use language with an awareness of how words
sound and mean, and have a definite voice, remembering that Shakespeare said a poet
“gives to airy nothings, a local habitation and a name.” We also welcome "found" poetry.
SHORT STORIES AND LITERARY MEMOIR r.kv.r.y. will publish half a dozen short
stories of high literary quality every quarter. We intend to publish fiction that varies
widely in style. We prefer stories of character development, psychological penetration,
and lyricism, without sentimentality or purple prose. We ask that all submissions
address issues related to recovery as defined here.
suggest that potential contributors take a look at the poems contained in our poetry links.
We accept traditional and experimental poetry on “recovery” as it is defined here. Poems
should have textured, evocative images, use language with an awareness of how words
sound and mean, and have a definite voice, remembering that Shakespeare said a poet
“gives to airy nothings, a local habitation and a name.” We also welcome "found" poetry.
SHORT STORIES AND LITERARY MEMOIR r.kv.r.y. will publish half a dozen short
stories of high literary quality every quarter. We intend to publish fiction that varies
widely in style. We prefer stories of character development, psychological penetration,
and lyricism, without sentimentality or purple prose. We ask that all submissions
address issues related to recovery as defined here.
ARTICLES Articles published by r.kv.r.y. embrace almost every area of adult interest related to
“recovery” as defined here: contemporary affairs, history, fiction, poetry, literary criticism, art, music,
and the theatre. Material should be presented in a fashion suited to a quarterly that is neither
journalistic nor academic. We encourage our academic contributors to free themselves from the
constraints imposed by academic journals, letting their knowledge, wisdom, and experience rock and roll
on these pages.
“recovery” as defined here: contemporary affairs, history, fiction, poetry, literary criticism, art, music,
and the theatre. Material should be presented in a fashion suited to a quarterly that is neither
journalistic nor academic. We encourage our academic contributors to free themselves from the
constraints imposed by academic journals, letting their knowledge, wisdom, and experience rock and roll
on these pages.
| r.kv.r.y. 1. The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering. 2. A return to a normal condition. 3. Something gained or restored in recovering. 4. The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources. |