Fiction and Essay Submissions Writers are invited to submit literary work of up to 8,000 words. To get more of an idea of what we are looking for, please read The Summerset Review or consult our Recommended Reading List. Email submissions to editor@summersetreview.org as an attachment in MS Word, or as plain text. We suggest you include the word "Submission" in the title of the email, so that we don't mistake it for junk mail. Be sure you specify whether your piece is fiction or nonfiction. You may alternatively submit in hard-copy by sending to 25 Summerset Drive, Smithtown, New York 11787, USA. We prefer disposable copies of manuscripts. We can respond via email in lieu of a SASE if you so designate. All submissions receive replies as quickly as possible. If we have not responded within three months, please hassle us. We read year-round and never go on hiatus. Book excerpts will be considered if you believe the work stands alone. Reprints will be considered if the work has not appeared elsewhere within the last two years. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. We do not give previously-published authors any more attention than new writers, and judge submissions objectively on literary merit. Even so, a brief note accompanying the submission is preferred. We are not sure what we want to read in this note, but would appreciate the extra effort, rather than a blank email with an attachment. We are always interested in knowing how you've heard of us, and what you like about us. Authors will see drafts of accepted pieces for review prior to release, and will receive twenty-five dollars at release time for their contribution. Writers retain all rights to use their work elsewhere, however, we reserve the right to republish the material, without modification, in a nonprofit print volume. We also reserve the right to quote brief excerpts of text at literary events, with no connection to monetary gain, crediting the author in all cases. We have nominated stories annually for various anthologies and awards, including Pushcart Prize, New Stories from the South, Creative Nonfiction's Best Of anthology, storySouth's Million Writers Award, Sundress Publication's Best of the Net, and others.

Enter Our Free Fifty-for-Fifty Contest Readers are invited to submit comments on stories and essays appearing in the current issue of The Summerset Review. We award at least fifty dollars and a copy of Volume One to the person contributing the best entry over fifty words, and will include the comment in our next issue, along with the reader’s name and home town. (For the exact amount we pay each quarter, see the Fifty-for-Fifty Contest for Readers page.) Reader comments can be in any form and there is no fee. Only one entry is allowed per person, per quarter, and the entry must pertain to a piece appearing in the current issue. We are particularly interested in how the story or essay affected you; what impact it had, what memory it stirred, what idea it precipitated. Be honest and lucid. Email your entry to editor@summersetreview.org. Include your name, town, state, and country (if outside the USA). Qualified entries will receive acknowledgement of receipt within a few days. The winner will be notified when the new issue is released. The deadline for comments is two weeks before release date. Issues are released on the 15th of March, June, September, and December. Email addresses will not be published, circulated, or archived. Writers making content submissions are eligible to participate as long as they do not discuss their own work. We may choose to publish more than just the winning comment. If we decide to do so, readers will be notified and although it is not likely monetary awards will be given, we may send complimentary copies of Volume One to runners up. By offering this prize, we hope to increase the awareness and appreciation of literary magazines in our world and culture. Questions for Reader Groups Readers and Reading Groups are invited to provide answers to questions we have posted on the material in our current issue. See "Questions for Reader Group Discussion" in the Table of Contents for details on how you can win a complimentary copy of The Summerset Review if you or your reading group provides meaningful answers to all questions.