REVIEWS SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

DEADLINE: ONGOING

What we are looking for

At MIROnline we love books (really all kinds of them!) and we are very happy to read a wide variety of book review submissions. What we value most is writing that engages closely with the work, is thought-provoking and brings out a sense of the reviewers personal experience of the book/s. We welcome reviews across all genres of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. 

We welcome international writers to submit but we only consider work written in English.

Submission Guidelines

‘Single Title’ review: 900 – 1,200 words

‘Feature-style’ review: 1,200 – 2,000 words

Submit via email: mironlineeditor@gmail.com 

If you are submitting more than one piece of work, please make this clear in your submission email.

Definitions

A ‘single title’ review is a shorter, focused review that looks at a single book. While it may reference other works, the piece’s priority is to review the book in question. For example, ‘Mrs S by K Patrick, Book Review’ would be a single book review. 

A ‘feature-style’ review is a more flexible, longer-form piece that reviews a book or books by connecting them to a wider theme. It is closer to an essay and aims to review the books on the basis of the theme and provide a personal view on the experience of reading them. For example, ‘Wicca Feminists? Shirley Jackson and Olga Tokarczuk’ might be a ‘Feature-style’ review that could examine Jackon and Tokarczuk’s shared connections between forms of witchcraft and female empowerment in Jackon’s We Have Always Lived in The Castle and Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of The Dead. 

What to include in your email

• Review piece –
  • Your work should be attached in a Word document (.doc or .docx). 

Please note that we are unable to accept submissions in any other format as it can restrict our ability to edit the text for the website.

• When formatting your work please use astandard font type (e.g. Times New Roman, Arial, or Garamond) and font size (11 or 12).
• The text should be double spaced.
• Pages should be numbered. 
• Include your name at the top of the piece.

• Email body – Please share a short author bio and the author name you would like your work to be published under. The title of the email should match the title of the Word document and follow this structure: “Submission + [poetry/fiction] + [title]

Additional information 

•           Work acceptability – We only accept unpublished work. This means that if your work has been released in print or online in any medium (including social media) we are unable to publish your piece. If after submitting to us, but before selection, your work gets accepted for publication elsewhere please let us know immediately so we know to withdraw your submission. 

•           Review period – If your work is selected for publication we will endeavour to respond within 90 days. However, we may still consider your work for a later publication window up to 6 months after your submission. 

•           Editing process – Work selected for publication will undergo an editing process with our team to ensure work we publish is aligned with our vision and values. We work closely with our authors and invite you to be open to this collaborative process. 

•           Writer remuneration – We do not provide remuneration for any submission selected for publication on MIR Online. 

•           Writing analysis – Due to limited time we do not offer feedback on pieces we do not select. 

•           Copyright license – All work on MIR Online is published under the creative commons license.