We are looking forward to the launch of our inaugural issue on October 14th. Our team has been working hard to bring this issue into the world. We are so thankful for the writers who trusted us with their beautiful prose and we are thrilled to bring their work to a new audience.

Last call to apply to our Reviews & Interviews Editor position. Applications are due today duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Our pages are built on care: no fees, no gatekeeping, and we pay writers.

Which is harder to pull off: a great opening or a great ending?

Literature survives because writers risk sending their words into the world. We honor that risk. Submissions are open. Submit for free:

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Each queue holds surprise: poem, story, fragment, essay. Most pass quietly, but sometimes a single sentence stops us, insists on being read again. That is the moment that keeps us opening the desk each day. Submit for free:

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How can journals show real care for submissions?

Too many journals let silence stretch for months. We believe respect looks different. A writer offers labor, risk, and hope. Our role is to meet that offering without delay, and with the attention it deserves. Submit for free: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

New post on the Substack! Subscribe here: broadripplereview.substack.com.

Meet our wonderful team: Delanie Laws

What’s something an editor has done that made you feel truly seen as a writer?

We never know what will arrive in the queue: a whisper, a scream, a meticulously built house of cards. That is the joy of reading submissions. Submit for FREE:

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Meet our wonderful team: Alena Vo

Reading submissions is like walking into a library where half the shelves are on fire and the other half are glowing. Submit for FREE:

What is the strangest place you’ve ever written something down?

Every story submission is a door cracked open into another world. Some slam shut. Some leave us haunted. A few, we cannot close at all. Submit for FREE:

I feel so lucky to get to read the incredible submissions made to @broadripplereview.bsky.social. Truly, there is so much incredible writing out there today and I love being involved with getting it out into the world! #writesky #writerscommunity #essay

Saturdays are for sinking into the stack of submissions. There’s nothing we love more than discovering voices that stop us mid-page. Send us your work for free:

Meet our wonderful team: Maggie Russell

A gentle reminder: if your piece includes sensitive material, please provide a brief content warning in your cover letter. This won’t affect our review, but it helps our team read your work with the care and thoughtfulness it deserves. Thank you!

What is the first line of a story that has stayed with you for years?

Do you prefer stories that resolve cleanly or ones that linger in ambiguity?

Meet our wonderful team: Mureall Hebert

New on the Substack: broadripplereview.substack.com

We officially have our AWP booth space booked, which has us excited for next spring! What are your favorite booth giveaways at conferences?

Submit by the end of the weekend and receive free editorial feedback.

Submissions to Broad Ripple Review are open — and always free. Send us your most unforgettable fiction or nonfiction. We want work with teeth, work with tenderness, work that lingers. We’re also a paying market because writers should be paid. Submit here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

We are offering FREE editorial feedback with your submission. Submit for free and include a brief note in your cover letter that you want feedback. Our intent is to get to each and every request received, but if the demand exceeds our capacity, we may have to cap the number offered.

Meet our wonderful team: Kya Twitty

Broad Ripple Review believes in transparency, and we wanted to share a look at our submission data so far. These numbers reflect all submissions received during a very short window—from the day we opened to the public through July 31, which also marked the end of our first-ever contest period.

Do you remember the first piece of writing that made you feel seen?

While we are not closing for submissions, today is the last day for your submission to be considered for one of our inaugural prizes. FREE to submit. $200 prize for CNF and $200 for fiction.https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/broad-ripple-review-vGnmj

Today’s mood: a sentence that unfolds like a bruise, quiet but lingering.

Thursday, July 31st is the last day for your submission to be considered for one of our inaugural prizes. FREE to submit. $200 prize for CNF and $200 for fiction. Submit here:

Meet our team: Kelly Schoenegge

We are happy to announce that thanks to reader support through our tip jar, as well as funds earned through editorial feedback, we are able to offer a modest honorarium for accepted work beginning with our very first issue. Submit today: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

ONE WEEK left to submit if you would like to be considered for the Broad Ripple Review Prize. $200 in fiction and $200 in nonfiction. Submissions are FREE and all are considered for publication: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

New Substack: open.substack.com/pub/broadrip...

This looks like an amazing opportunity -love this fresh new pub. #writesky #writerscommunity

Meet our wonderful team: Stacey Lounsberry

We are looking for an experienced Reviews & Interviews Editor to help us shape our newest section launching in 2026. If you love literary conversation, book reviews, and interviewing brilliant writers, we would love to hear from you. For more information and to apply: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...