Our Mandate:

We showcase and celebrate contemporary art and text with a focus on girly, melancholy material.

Editorial Vision:

  • We’re fascinated by all things feminine and any lesser known or hidden stories.
  • We’re interested in challenging ideas of art:  memes, new media, digital, and conceptual art.
  • We love tragedies, a darker outlook, and (especially) black comedy.
  • We’re supportive of emotional explorations.

Who can submit to Sad Girl Review?

We’re looking for submissions from all people: all genders, all races, all orientations, all everything.

What is Sad Girl Review looking for?

  • Contemporary Art.
    • drawings, painting, photography, new media, performance art, installation, uncategorizable, …
  • Poetry.
    • prose-like, avant-garde, concrete, ekphrastic, free verse, twitter-sized, sprawling, screenshotted text, …
  • CNF.
    • memoirs, essays, immersive explorations, …
    • features, reviews, criticism, … we’re open minded—send in a pitch!

What is Sad Girl Review NOT looking for?

  • We are not seeking fiction (short or long) at this time. However, you may send a query letter if you think you’ve got work that’s a good fit.
  • We never take kindly to sexism, racism, ableism, or other general shittiness around here.  Just don’t.

How do I submit?

Please see the most recent call for submissions.  If submitting via email, your subject line should read SAD GIRL REVIEW SUBMISSION [type of work you’re submitting]. Be sure to include the titles and media used, as well as any further information about the works that you think we should know. Please include a brief bio (less than 100 words) as well as social media usernames.

We gladly accept simultaneous submissions and reprints but please make a note about this in your submission.

  • Contemporary Art.
    • Please send 3-5 images of recent work.
    • 1500px max on the longest side (JPG preferred).
  • Poetry.
    • Please send up to 3 recent works.
    • 80 lines max per poem.
  • CNF.
    • Please send up to 2 recent works.
    • 2000 words max per piece.

Features, Reviews, Criticism.

      • Are you passionate about a topic that fits well within the Sad Girl Review mandate?  We are looking for advice columns, reviews, how to’s, critiques, and other interesting features. Please send a 1-2 sentence summary to subs@sadgirlreview.com.

What about my rights?

You retain the copyright to your work. If your work is published again elsewhere—that’s great, we’re proud of your success! All we ask for is a credit and a link back to Sad Girl Review (example: This work first appeared in Sad Girl Review Issue 1).