Since 1977, riverSedge has published the very best art and literature from the South Texas region and beyond. Past artists and authors include Barry Deutsch, Eleanor L. Bennett, Larry McMurtry, Rolando Hinojosa, Angela de Hoyos, Alurista, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.

riverSedge is published annually and is now an online-only format, beginning with the 2020 issue . Electronic submissions only. If your work appears in our latest issue, please wait a year before submitting again.


                riverSedge General Submission Guidelines:

  • Submissions are open from October 1st to March 1st.
  • $3 submission fee for all genres.
  • 2 prizes of $350 will be awarded in poetry and prose. All entries, excluding reviews, interviews, and graphic literature, are eligible for contest prizes.
  • Multiple submissions welcome in all genres. However, each submission should be uploaded as a separate entry. In other words, one story/essay/comic/script per $3 entry fee. For poetry, up to five poems per entry. For specific guidelines, visit the categories below.
  • Previously unpublished work only. Self-published written work (in print and/or on the web) is not eligible.
  • Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission as soon as possible in its entirety or send us a message if it's only a specific poem.
  • Submissions welcome in English, Spanish and anything in between.
  • Our terms: we require First North American Serial Rights for all accepted work and non-exclusive print rights indefinitely for potential anthologies and promotional materials. Additionally, we require non-exclusive electronic rights indefinitely so we may include accepted works in potential online archives.
  • Current staff, faculty, and students of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley or South Texas College cannot submit original work to riverSedge.
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Submit to Fiction
  • We accept fiction up to 8,000 words.
  • upload your file in Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or Adobe Acrobat format ONLY
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Submit to Poetry
  • limit of 5 poems per entry.
  • upload your file in Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or Adobe Acrobat format ONLY.
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Submit to Nonfiction
  • We accept nonfiction up to 5,000 words.
  • upload your file in Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or Adobe Acrobat format ONLY
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Submit to Dramatic Scripts
  • up to 15 pages
  • upload your file in Microsoft Word, Rich Text, or Adobe Acrobat format ONLY
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Submit to Graphic Literature

Send us your previously unpublished comics, manga, or
cartoon art

  • submit one or more comics; no more than 20 pages total
  • Upload jpg files with 300 dpi resolution
  • Pdf files are acceptable as well
  • Black &
    white preferred; color considered
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