Writers: Please send two letter-quality, typed copies of unpublished prose, poetry or creative nonfiction to Editor, The Loyalhanna Review, 409 Sheffield Dr., Greensburg, PA 15601.  Your name should appear on only one copy.  Writers may submit three poems and/or one prose piece no longer than 1,500 words. If the piece is selected, a digital copy must be provided using Wordpad or a similar editor, not a full editing program, in 12 point Times New Roman font, NO headers or page numbers, indenting only with the Tab key.  There should be no extra space between paragraphs.  Save As Rich Text Format (.rtf) for the printing company.

Artists: Please submit your work at a minimum of 300 dpi as a JPEG file.  The Review's trim size is 8 1/2 by 11 inches.   We’re looking for a full-color vertical piece of art for the front cover, a full-color piece, either vertical or horizontal, for the back cover, and several black-and-white pieces of various sizes inside the magazine.  There are no restrictions on medium, style, or subject matter.

Submissions will be accepted after 1 January 2010, will not be returned and must be postmarked by May 1, 2010.  Submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter that includes an email address, physical address, phone number, prose word count, and a brief author/ artist bio.  They should also be accompanied by a release stating,

“I grant The Loyalhanna Review permission to publish [name of work] in the 2010 print and 2010 online editions.  I retain all other copyrights.”

While The Loyalhanna Review gives special consideration to work connected with southwestern Pennsylvania, all quality writing and art are considered.