The Linden Review invites submissions of essays, memoir, flash, experimental, lyric, immersion reportage, graphic medicine, and other nonfiction about personal, public, and environmental health and medicine. Essays should be 5,000 words or less. We do not accept submissions via mail. Please wait to submit another essay for consideration until a decision has been made on your first submission. Simultaneous submissions OK; let us know immediately if work is accepted elsewhere. Include your name and contact information on your submission. Please submit work as a Word Document and using Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced throughout. Include your name and email address on the submission.
Currently, we do not accept poetry or fiction. These submissions will be returned unread.
We do not accept work from faculty, staff, or students affiliated with the University of Nebraska at Omaha except for our community series. If you are a local, regional, or UNO writer, submit to our “Community Voices” series or contact us about a book review at submissions@lindenreview.com.
Book Reviews
We accept reviews of books that exemplify our theme. ARCs may also be sent to The Linden Review for potential review. Please send to:
ASH 192
c/o The Linden Review
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182
Send us your very best flash creative nonfiction for a special issue of The Linden Review! Essays must be 750 words or less and can be about ANY topic. Experimental styles are welcome but must be creative nonfiction.
*Essays over 750 words will not be read.
Send us your very best creative nonfiction on ANY topic and with a maximum word count of 2500. We are interested in hearing from LGBTQIA and BIPOC writers.
*Please note that unlike our previous 7 issues, our next issue will NOT be focused exclusively on health. We ONLY publish creative nonfiction.