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Submissions are open for the 2026 issue of The Allegheny Review until October 15, 2025.

Submission Guidelines

The Allegheny Review considers submissions from undergraduate writers year-round. Submit before October 15 to have your work considered for the issue published the following spring. We only consider digital submissions via our online Google submissions form found on this page.

The Allegheny Review only accepts submissions from currently enrolled undergraduate students. If your graduation year is approaching, please use an email address, physical address, and phone number that will be in use beyond graduation. We will need to reach you if your piece is accepted!

Please only send either one batch of up to five poems or twenty pages of prose per person during each annual submission period. Please note that we sometimes accept more than one piece per author.

We do consider simultaneous submissions. However, if part or all of your submission is accepted elsewhere, please let us know right away by emailing us at review@allegheny.edu.

Submission Format

Submissions must be in either PDF or Word format.

• Fiction – Not to exceed 20 pages, double-spaced.
• Poetry – Up to 5 poems
• Creative nonfiction – Not to exceed 20 pages, double-spaced

Send the year of the volume you want to purchase with a check or money order payable to “The Allegheny Review” to: The Allegheny Review, 花椒直播 Box 32, 520 N. Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335.

CURRENT ISSUE

($4) – Our 2025 issue is published and ready to purchase! This issue includes poetry, fiction, art, and creative nonfiction from incredible undergraduate writers and artists all over the world. You won鈥檛 want to miss this year鈥檚 issue! Featuring work by Ahnjeli Fullerboone, Michael Corbett, Ava Camargo, Ava Wong, and Marissa Adams.

BACK ISSUES

($3) – Order back issues for shipping charges only! ($3.00) Back issues are available between 1983-2016, except: 1983, 1989, and 1999 have limited availability. 1985 is sold out.

SPECIAL EDITION

A few copies of the 1984 issue, featuring David Foster Wallace鈥檚 first published story, 鈥淭he Piano in the Pantechnicon,鈥� are available to collectors for $250.

From 2002 to 2021, The Allegheny Review awarded annual prizes in poetry and prose, judged by writers visiting campus for Allegheny鈥檚 Single Voice Reading series. Below are listed the winners and judges from those years.

• Vol. 38 (2020-21)
  Prose: Emma Wolfe, 鈥淣ight Fishing鈥� (chosen by Jericho Parms)
  Poetry: Phoenix Kendall, 鈥淒addy Issues鈥� (chosen by Graham Barnhart)
• Vol. 37 (2019)
  Prose: Skye Tait, 鈥淎 Thousand Ships鈥� (chosen by Dustin Parsons)
  Poetry: Maurice Norman, 鈥淟oose Gravel鈥� (chosen by Aimee Nezhukumatathil)
• Vol. 36 (2018)
  Prose: Annie Hilenski, 鈥淣ear Fall鈥� (chosen by BJ Hollars)
  Poetry: Sofia Fall, 鈥淔or You, If You Would Take Our Bodies鈥� (chosen by Natalie Scenters-Zapico)
• Vol. 34/35 (2016-17 Double Issue)
  Prose: Rachel Krumenacker, 鈥淭he High Place Phenomenon鈥� (chosen by Catherine Chung)
  Poetry: Anna Goodson, 鈥淎nacuisus鈥� (chosen by Nickole Brown and Jessica Jacobs)
• Vol. 33 (2015)
  Prose: Katie Antonsson, 鈥淪anta Ana鈥� (chosen by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher)
  Poetry: Kelly Barraza, 鈥淪unday Meditations鈥� (chosen by Eduardo C. Corral)
• Vol. 32 (2014)
  Poetry: Emily Pittinos, 鈥淏enzie County, Michigan鈥� (chosen by Richard Blanco)
  Prose: Ben Sandman, 鈥淢idway鈥� (chosen by Benjamin Busch)
• Vol. 30 (2012)
  Poetry: Nicole Balin, 鈥渓os angeles鈥� (chosen by Shara McCallum)
  Prose: Andrew Waddell, 鈥淲ells鈥� (chosen by Pam Houston)
• Vol. 29 (2011)
  Poetry: Erin Dakas, 鈥淭hunderdays鈥� (chosen by Andrew Hudgins)
  Prose: Steven Reaugh, 鈥淒ough Soul鈥� (chosen by Scott Russell Sanders)
• Vol. 28 (2010)
  Poetry: Samuel Holley, 鈥淎 Balloon or a Key鈥� (chosen by Geoffrey Brock)
  Prose: Simon Han, 鈥淎nd a Pack of Gum鈥� (chosen by Padma Viswanathan)
• Vol. 27 (2009)
  Poetry: Jacques Rancourt, 鈥淎ubade with Two Moose鈥� (chosen by Mark Doty)
  Prose: Marilyn Miller, 鈥淭he Snake Wrangler鈥� (chosen by Paul Lisicky)
• Vol. 26 (2008)
  Poetry: Robert Campbell, 鈥淎n Appalachian Book of the Dead鈥� (chosen by Philip Terman)
  Prose: Mackenzie Shay, 鈥淥ur Circle鈥� (chosen by Christopher Castellani)
• Vol. 25 (2007)
  Poetry: Zebulon Husset, 鈥淪hooting Stars鈥� (chosen by Marilyn Chin)
  Prose: Ashley Wurzbacher, 鈥淭he Invisible鈥� (chosen by Christina Milletti)
• Vol. 24 (2006)
  Poetry: Amanda Auchter, 鈥淏irthmother Poem鈥� (chosen by Beth Gylys)
  Prose: Ben Goldfarb, 鈥淎wful Knowledge鈥� (chosen by Sarah Willis)
• Vol. 23 (2005)
  Poetry: Karen Zaino, 鈥淗ymen鈥� (chosen by Richard Howard)
  Prose: Karl Stampfl, 鈥淭he Other Grace Mandlebaum鈥� (chosen by Joanna Scott)
• Vol. 22 (2004)
  Poetry: Ingrid Moody, 鈥淥nions鈥� (chosen by Aliki Barnstone)
  Prose: Camron Terwilliger, 鈥淟ighthouse Keeper鈥� (chosen by Christopher Tilghman)
• Vol. 21 (2003)
  Poetry: Nilay Gandhi, 鈥淒errida鈥檚 Cow鈥� (chosen by Jane McCafferty)
  Prose: Alex Taylor, 鈥淒og Births鈥� and Ann Karni, 鈥淏us Girl鈥� (chosen by Jane McCafferty)
• Vol 20 (2002)
  Poetry: Jennifer Whitaker, 鈥淟ines鈥� (chosen by Robert Phillips)
  Prose: Noelle Hufnagel, 鈥淓xpecting鈥� (chosen by Robert Phillips)