At this time Pacifica Literary Review is only accepting electronic submissions. Please submit all documents in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format. You will receive a confirmation upon receipt of submission, as well as a final decision through email. Please do not submit any additional work until you have received a decision from the editors regarding work already under consideration. Reporting time varies from one to four months.
Our general reading period is open year-round. Pacifica will close submissions for two weeks at the beginning of September, January, and May for the production of our web issues, after which the portals will reopen as usual. If the submission portal is inactive, we are currently closed for submissions. If the portal is closed during our normal reading period, something extraordinary has happened; in that unlikely event, please refer to our Facebook and Twitter accounts for details.
Fiction submissions should be under 5,000 words, formatted in Times New Roman with 12 pt font, paginated and double spaced. Please include the title on the first page of your submission. Novel excerpts are acceptable, but must be able to stand alone. Flash fiction submissions should be less than 1,000 words individually. Please include no more than 3 separate pieces in one document; do not submit each flash piece individually.
Entries should be under 5,000 words, double spaced. Please include the title on the first page of your submission. Excerpts from larger works are acceptable, but must be able to stand alone.