Owen Wister Review

(307) 766-6336 ~ owr@uwyo.edu ~ Dept. 3625, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie WY 82071

Submission Guidelines for Print Year 2024-2025

Composed by Kinsington Dobler, Editor-in-Chief

  The Owen Wister Review (OWR) is an annual art and literature journal published every Spring by the University of Wyoming. We aim to produce a high-quality publication by only accepting exceptional art and literature. The OWR is a platform for emerging authors and visual artists within and outside of the University of Wyoming community. The OWR will not discriminate against potential contributors based on content or subject matter alone. Submissions will be judged before committee based on the quality of the piece. Contributors must abide by the following guidelines. All submissions, regardless of media, must be unpublished, original works and may not be simultaneously submitted elsewhere. We prefer submissions through Submittable but will accept submissions by mail or email. 

Submit via Submittable: 

https://owenwisterreview.submittable.com/submit

Submit via email: 

OWR@uwyo.edu 

Submit via mail: 

  Owen Wister Review

  University of Wyoming 

  Dept. 3625

  1000 E. University Ave. 

  Laramie, WY 82071

    All submissions must include a cover letter that includes the contributor’s name, address, phone, email, title(s) of work, and a short biographical note. All submissions must be received by May 2nd, 2025

Specific guidelines:

Prose/Non-fiction:  Printed submissions should be on standard (8½” by 11”) white paper. There is no minimum word count. The maximum word count should not exceed 5,000 words.   Please follow standard MLA guidelines when applicable. 

Poetry:  Printed submissions should be on standard (8½” by 11”) white paper. There is a three-poem maximum. The total word count for poems should not exceed 2,000.

Art/Photography: Submissions may be made via 35 mm slides or sent in digitally. Please do not send in original slides; digital files should not exceed 2.5 MB per file. Files must be in JPEG format and have a DPI of 300 or higher. Please do not send in original paintings, sculptures etc. but rather submit pictures of non-photographic artwork following the same guidelines. Please title all works of art and include any applicable details (e.g. size, medium, technique, camera model, etc.). 

     Contributors are welcome to submit works in multiple categories; however, contributors are allowed no more than three submissions per category. Any further submissions will not be considered. Any contributor who has been selected to appear in the OWR will receive two free and a twenty-five percent discount on any additional copies. All publication rights revert to contributors upon the printing of the OWR.

We ask that the submitter be a resident of the United States.