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 texts, …
- Articles, Reviews, Criticism.
- We’re open minded! Send in a pitch.
What is Sad Girl Review NOT looking for?
- We are not accepting 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. Your subject line should read SAD GIRL REVIEW SUBMISSION [type of work you’re submitting]. 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. (jpg preferred, 1500px max on the longest side)
- Be sure to include the titles and media used, as well as any further information about the works that you think we should know.
- Include a brief bio (less than 100 words) in the body of your e-mail. Include social media usernames.
- Poetry.
- Please send up to 3 recent works.
- 80 lines max per poem.
- Articles, Reviews, Criticism
- Are you passionate about a topic that fits well within the Sad Girl Review mandate? We are looking for advice columns, how to’s, essays, critiques, and other interesting features. Please send 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).