Writers of historical fiction are invited to submit their work to The Copperfield Review. New and unpublished writers are encouraged to submit their work. Questions and comments can be submitted to info(at)copperfieldreview.com.

Authors who would like to submit general fiction and book reviews should send their submissions to Blues Valley Review. You can check their submission guidelines here.

The Copperfield Review is a quarterly journal published in October, January, April, and July. Authors submitting their work can expect to hear from us regarding the status of their work during those months. We accept submissions 365 days a year.

We accept simultaneous and previously published submissions. We acquire one-time rights. We do not charge reading fees. At this time The Copperfield Review is not a paying market.

We do not accept submissions sent as file attachments. All submissions sent as file attachments will be deleted unread. Submissions must be pasted into the body of an e-mail and sent to info(at)copperfieldreview.com. Submissions that are too large to be sent in one e-mail must be divided into two clearly labeled e-mails. We will only consider submissions received via e-mail. Editors will not respond to submissions sent to their personal e-mail addresses. Please note that we have very tight spam controls on our e-mail box. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines are likely to be sent to the spam folder.

We reserve the right to edit the work we publish for length, content, and clarity.

Authors must notify us immediately if they need to remove their submission or if their work is accepted elsewhere while it is under consideration at The Copperfield Review.

We are unable to consider submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines.

Fiction/Poetry

• Historical short story submissions may be no longer than 3000 words in length. We also accept short shorts of 500-1000 words.
• We will consider historical novel excerpts if the excerpt can stand on its own as a short story. The novel excerpt may be no longer than 3000 words.
• We accept submissions of poetry if the poems are based on historical themes. Poets may submit up to three (3) poems.
• The subject heading of the e-mail must clearly state Fiction or Poetry Submission.
• The author's e-mail address must be typed within the text of the e-mail.
• A brief bio, written in third person, must also be included.

Non-Fiction

• We are actively seeking submissions of non-fiction articles such as interviews with authors of historical fiction and essays pertaining to the writing life and the writing of historical fiction.
• We also accept submissions of history-related creative non-fiction.
• There is no word limit for non-fiction submissions.
• The subject heading of the e-mail must clearly state Non-Fiction Submission.
• The author's e-mail address must be typed within the text of the e-mail.
• A brief bio, written in third person, must also be included.

Reviews

The Copperfield Review accepts history-related book reviews. Book reviews must be submitted with book review information:

1. title of novel
2. author of novel
3. number of pages
4. publisher
5. how many quills awarded (on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being best)
6. a brief bio of the reviewer, written in third person, must also be included
7. the reviewer's e-mail address must be typed within the text of the e-mail

Beginning in January 2008 The Copperfield Review will once again be open to submissions by authors and publishers who wish to have their historical novels reviewed. Questions regarding novel submissions may be directed to info(at)copperfieldreview.com beginning January 15, 2008.