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The Sierra Nevada Review

The Sierra Nevada Review is an annual literary magazine published in May featuring poetry, short fiction, and literary nonfiction. Editors read manuscripts from September until mid-February. Response time may vary between several weeks and several months. The editorial staff changes on a yearly basis with the exception of Faculty Editor June Sylvester Saraceno and the Advisory Editor.

We publish writing that leans toward the unconventional, surprising, and risky. We appreciate experiments in form and content, and prefer works whose meanings deepen on repeated readings.

Order Issues

Current issues of the Sierra Nevada Review are available for $10.00, back issues for $5.00.
Purchase the Review Online
or send a check or money order to The Sierra Nevada University Review, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, NV 89451-9500. Free shipping to U.S. addresses; for shipping outside the U.S. contact jsaraceno@sierranevada.edu.

Submissions

Please send no more than five poems or five pages of poetry, whichever comes first. Fiction, literary nonfiction, or hybrid works should not exceed 4000 words.

The best way to get an idea of what sort of material we publish is to read the review and submit your work to us if we look like your kind of place – order information above.

Submissions are open between September 1st and February 15th. Please only send one submission per reading period. Additional submissions will not be considered.

Contributors receive two complimentary copies. Writers retain all rights.

Submit to the Sierra Nevada Review


From the Blog


Kaleidoscope Heart: A Response to Jenny Qi’s Focal Point by Sara Paye

08.25.2021

Copyright © October 13, 2021 Paperback/Poetry $16.00/98 pp./5.5x8.5in Steel Toe Books ISBN 978-1-949540-26-0         Kaleidoscope Heart: A Response to Jenny Qi’s Focal Point by Sara Paye Jenny Qi’s Focal Point examines the intersections brought together by a dying loved one. The poet casts her heart into emotional and scientific detail, never allowing her vision to fully blur but rather focus and expand. The cover image shows a vacant landscape, the sky with . . READ MORE


The Presence of Absence: A Response to Raymond Luczak’s once upon a twin by Sara Paye

06.07.2021

Copyright © February 10, 2021 Poetry $15.95, 96 pages Gallaudet University Press ISBN 978-1-944838-76-8         The Presence of Absence: A Response to Raymond Luczak’s once upon a twin by Sara Paye Readers of Raymond Luczak’s once upon a twin will be exposed to a variety and a lifetime of not only “what ifs” but also “whys”, astutely answered with imagination and a personal kind of science combined. The cover image shows an . . READ MORE


Sierra Nevada Review vol. 32 Author Bios

06.07.2021

Fierce Sonia is a mixed media artist. She builds layers with acrylic paint and collage. A narrative is constructed by the tension between the lush layers moving to dreamy feminine mindscapes with a brighter palette. If you listen closely her work has a soundtrack, a rhythm, a pulse that will give you a magic carpet ride to a fairytale that restates your own heartbeat. Fierce Sonia can be found at https://fiercesonia.squarespace.com/, https://www.facebook.com/fiercesonia, and https://www.patreon.com/Fiercesonia. The . . READ MORE


Rachel Beanland’s Florence Adler Swims Forever by Heather Routh

12.14.2020

2020 Fiction $25.99; 306 pages Simon & Schuster ISBN: 978-1-9821-3246-0       Rachel Beanland’s Florence Adler Swims Forever by Heather Routh Rachel Beanland’s debut novel is based on a real-life family story, passed down through generations. It explores the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect one daughter while silently suffering the loss of another. In Atlantic City in 1934, Joseph and Esther Adler’s youngest daughter, Florence, drowns while training to . . READ MORE

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