ATTN: Notre Dame Review will not be accepting submissions for the Fall 2026 period. We do plan to reopen submissions in the spring. Thank you and our apologies for the inconvenience.
Excellence is our sole criteria for selection, although we are especially interested in fiction and poetry that take on big issues.
The best way for writers to get a feel for the types of literature that we publish is to read back issues.
We only accept submissions from September through October and from March through April. Submissions sent during summer months will be returned unread. We only accept electronic submissions through our Submittable page.
A small gratuity is paid after publication.