SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED.

All work must be original, unpublished, and written in English.

If your work is accepted by us for publication, we will contact you to confirm your consent to grant The Berlin Literary Review first serial rights, after which, all rights automatically revert back to you. Should you choose to republish elsewhere, we kindly ask that you acknowledge us as the original publisher.

All submissions are for the online magazine.

Please submit your work in a Microsoft Word .doc or .docx document, double-spaced and 12-point text.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please withdraw your submission if your work is accepted elsewhere.

We aim to read and respond to your submission within three months. Rest assured, we will get back to you. Please do not email us about the status of your submission until at least three months have passed.

One work per submission period will be chosen as our issue’s Centrepiece, presented first and most prominently. The author of this work will receive a €25 honorarium.

We proudly nominate standout work for the Pushcart Prize and other respected literary awards.

Please refrain from submitting your work if you are a racist, a homophobe, a sexist, or an asshole.


Fiction

We are interested in Literary Short Fiction and Flash Fiction.

There is no word limit, although anything over five thousand words will be a hard sell.

Please include a brief bio (100 words max).



Poetry

Submit no more than five poems at once. Copy all poems into the same .doc or .docx attachment.

Please include a brief bio (100 words max).



Non-Fiction

Travel-relatedessays are particularly encouraged.

From September 2025 onwards, we welcome well-argued, thought-provoking opinion pieces that engage with current events, societal issues, or cultural phenomena.

There is no word limit.