Submissions Guidelines

The Crown Heights Review welcomes submissions by students and alumni of Medgar Evers College.

All submissions must be original and previously unpublished. Our response time is 1-2 months.

Send submissions to Crownheightsreview@mec.cuny.edu via attachment.

Please do not paste your work on the body of your e-mail.

Art Work (photographs/paintings): Maximum 10 individual images.

Creative Non-Fiction: Maximum 2,500 words

Drama: (Monologues/One-Acts): Maximum 10 pages

Essays: Maximum 2,500 words in standard essay format (double-spaced, MLA Style)

Fiction (includes Flash Fiction): Maximum 2,500 words

Poetry: 5-10 pages of 1 - 10 poems.

Reportage (includes but not limited to current cultural or community events): 2,500 words

Reviews (Books/Music/Movies/Cultural or Community Events): Maximum 2,500 words

For All Submissions*

  • Documents should be in Word or PDF.

  • Please use Times New Roman font, size 12.

  • Include your name, title of the work, and page numbers on your submission cover page.

  • Include a one to two sentence bio about the author.

  • If the submission is an academic essay with references, please include Works Cited at the end.

  • All works should not exceed maximum length except with permission of editors.

  • Please identify the type of submission on the subject line on your e-mail (e.g., "Essay Submission”).

Copyright reverts to the author upon publication, although we ask that Crown Heights Review be credited as the original source.

* Please note at this time, the Crown Heights Review accepts only electronic submissions. 

 

Contact us: 

CrownheightsReview@mec.cuny.edu