Submission Guidelines
Send all work to:
The Tusculum Review
Tusculum College
Department of English
P.O. Box 5103
Greeneville, TN 37743.
For queries, write wthomas@tusculum.edu.
Reading Periods
We read year-round. Unlike most college-supported literary magazines, we have more energy from March 1st through October 30th.
We go to print annually in the late Spring of each year.
What We Want
We want good writing, period. We publish poetry (short and long.)
We want writing that takes risks while still paying attention to craft. We are happy to see prose poems, stories that burst into poems, poems that burst into stories, etc.
Mixing genres doesn’t scare us. Of course boring, self-involved, over-inflated pap turns us off, but you already knew that!
Art
Because of limited staff and funds, we can only accept solicited art. Please do not waste your money sending us slides. You can, however, e-mail us at rgreenfield@tusculum.edu to inquire about our art needs.
Cover Letters
Cover letters are unnecessary. We are much more interested in your writing than in where you went to school or who you know.
Labeling Your Submission
Please include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address somewhere on your submission.
If you are submitting a story, essay or long poem, please number the pages and use a running head (an example is the title of the piece and your last name) to help us avoid any mix-ups.
If you are submitting multiple poems, please be sure to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address on each poem.
Simultaneous Submissions
We accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us if your submitted work is accepted elsewhere.
Notification
We only publish once a year, so we may need to hold onto manuscripts longer than magazines that publish more frequently. This is why we allow simultaneous submissions.
Generally you can expect notification in three months, but pieces about which we are on the fence may take up to six. If we have your piece for more than three months, feel free to e-mail us at rgreenfield@tusculum.edu.
Notification Method
We notify rejections via the self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). We notify acceptances via the self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) AND e-mail. Please be sure to include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your submission.
Return of Manuscripts
We do NOT return manuscripts. All unused manuscripts will be recycled.
Payment
We would love to pay you with money, but our budget doesn't allow for it. Like most other small literary magazines, we pay in copies (2).
Legal
All rights to material in The Tusculum Review revert to the individual authors and artists after publication.
The ideas and opinions expressed in The Tusculum Review are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or ideas of Tusculum College, its administration, faculty, or staff.
Tusculum College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Tusculum College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, color, race, religion, ethnic origin, or disability.