TULE REVIEW 2026

SUBMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT AND GUIDELINES 

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Shawn Pittard NAMED AS the 2026 ISSUE EDITOR

 

SPC is happy to announce that the submission period for the 2026 print edition of Tule Review

is open NOW and closes May 15, 2026.  Our publication target is October 2026.

 

The editor will be Sacramento poet Shawn Pittard.

 

Observing the guidelines below, please email your poetry or visual art submissions

to tulereview2026@gmail.com  using the subject Tule Review Submission.

 

We welcome submissions from all genres of poetry, and prose poetry (no fiction,

essays, or other prose at this time, please), preferably unpublished.

 

We also invite visual artists to submit images to be considered for the cover.

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GUIDELINES

 

Poetry:

 

— Submit your own original work, one submission per poet. All work must be

submitted in a single file in a single email.

 

— Original translations of other poets’ work (into English) will be considered. Include the poem in its original language, too, as well as any relevant permissions.

 

— Poets who write primarily in a language other than English should submit their poem(s) in the original language as well as an English translation, with credit given to the translator if other than the author.

 

  — Send up to five poems not exceeding five pages in total (based on an 8.5 x 11 page format in no less than 11 point). The total can include up to five multiple shorter works, or longer pieces totaling five pages.

 

  — Send work in a single MSWord or PDF document attachment, with your name and email address at the top of each page. Don’t submit poems as individual files.

 

  — Unpublished work is preferred but previously published work will be considered if accompanied by publishing credits and permissions. Simultaneous submissions accepted, but notify us if they’re accepted somewhere else.

 

  — Include a brief bio with your submission.

 

Visual Art for the Cover:

 

  — Submit up to five images of your own, original work. They may be color and/or black and white. One piece will be chosen as the book cover image.

 

  — Artworks must be submitted in a high resolution format. (More specific resolution information will be discussed upon selection.)

 

  — As an alternative to sending files, artists may also submit links to up to five individual pieces on their website.

 

  — Include a brief bio with your submission.

 

NOTE: Poets who are also visual artists may submit to both categories, but please submit separately.

 

Deadline: May 15, 2026

 

Following these guidelines, please ensure your submissions are sent by May 15, 2026. Submissions received later that that date, and those not following the guidelines, will not be considered. Send to:  tulereview2026@gmail.com  

 

About the editor:

 

Shawn Pittard is the author of four slender chapbooks of poetry: Shelter in Place from The Poetry Box Press; Witness, which was a Finalist in The Poetry Box Press 2024 chapbook contest; Standing in the River, the winner of Tebot Bach’s 2010 Clockwise Chapbook Competition; and These Rivers from Rattlesnake Press. His poems have been featured at American Life in Poetry and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He’s been a coach for Poetry Out Loud and a California Poet in the Schools, taught recitation and writing in middle schools and high schools, including juvenile hall (yep, they’re good kids), as well as with veterans and the men in Folsom Prison. By day, he labored in the field of environmental protection, planning, and public policy, focusing on energy.

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Tule Review publishes once a year. The journal showcases new & established writers from the region as well as across the nation. The staff has nominated several of its published poets for the Pushcart Prize. The journal, founded in 1993 by Patrick Grizzell, Mary Zeppa & Julia Connor, premiered as a tabloid publication.

 

Over the years, the format has changed, but Tule has maintained its commitment to publishing work representative of high standards of the literary arts. Absent for a few years, it returned in 2023 under the capable editorship Susan Kelly-DeWitt. 

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The images at left show the original and the latest editions of Tule Review.

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UPDATE ON DIGITAL TULE REVIEW 2025 ISSUE

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After many delays, the first digital edition of Tule Review is back on track, and a status will be announced soon. If you submitted, you should have heard from Cloudy, the editor. If you haven’t, please reach out to us at spcog97@gmail.com.