Editors can be a mean-spirited, small-minded, indiscriminate, parochial, and sometimes vindictive bunch. 

Understanding that this is just the way it is, we are offering our REJECTED WORK/FOUND ART CONTEST AND ANTHOLOGY.

Send us your poem or flash fiction piece or short story or novel excerpt or artwork image - any work of art that has fallen victim to myopic and unimaginative editors.

We want your rejected work. We are sure that beautiful artwork is being shamefully misunderstood and willfully neglected.

Turn things around. Some editor rejects your piece; turn it around and send it to us. Transform pain to promise. Redeem your rejections!

The work of art we like the best will earn $100

The work or art we like second best will receive $50.

Four honorable mention submissions will be paid $25.

All accepted rejections will appear in the anthology.

DETAILS BELOW:

NOTE - Follow us on our website to stay current on our FOUND ART ANTHOLOGY submissions and contest results. See follow button at the top of the righthand sidebar on our homepage. 

1. RAR is looking for your REJECTED prose, poems and artwork (all media) that use content and form to express powerful emotions, aesthetics, ideas and/or      revelations. We do not discriminate against any genre.
2. The UnCollected      Press FOUND ART ANTHOLOGY will appear In Print and as an Online Downloadable Publication. Artwork and writing also may be posted to      RAR's home page as a Featured Work of Art. The In-Print version of  the FOUND ART ANTHOLOGY is a high quality, perfect-bound, full color cover and interior production. We use coated paper to present the artwork in the best possible way. Author BIOs, which may include web and social media channel addresses, also appear in both versions of the book.  The book will be sold in online and storefront      book sellers.
3. NOTE: - The Raw Art Review is no longer offering a contributor's copy for works published in its journals and anthologies. The cost of producing this book is very      high and sales of the book are typically low. We have therefore reduced the reading fee for submission, will offer all contributors a free electronic version of the FOUND ART ANTHOLOGY, and will offer the printed version of the FOUND ART ANTHOLOGY for sale from the UnCollected Press Website and other bookseller sites.
4. Submissions may also result in the artist/writer being selected as a Featured Artist      in a dedicated gallery or library accessible from the RAR home page. (See      Featured Artist Page).
5. Artists whose work generates particular interest among our editors may be invited to submit a manuscript for book publication of poetry, prose (fiction or non-fiction), and artwork.
6. There are no rules of form and content. The sole criterion for acceptance is the power of the emotional/psychological/spiritual/physiological impact on editors      reading the poem. A piece of writing or artwork can be tightly wrought and      beautifully organized or wild, unruly, and improvisational.
7. There are no trade-craft expectations or requirements. Single or double space, left-center-right alignment, long lines/short lines, standard use of punctuation or use of line breaks to set a poem's rhythm, etc. NOTE: we attempt to maintain as much of your formatting as we can in the book production.
8. GOOD ENOUGH IS      PERFECT - TYPOS - we understand it is difficult to catch all typos and other "errors". We will presume a typo or error is volitional, so for the purpose of maintaining      your intent for the writing or artwork it is in your best interest to      review carefully, get help from others, etc.  NOTE: If you need line/copy editing for this submission or any other manuscripts, RAR Editors are available.  Email us at editor@therawartreview.com for details and an estimate. 
9. Review of  writing and artwork is blind. Please do not put your name or any other      identifying information on your manuscript pages.
10. BIO is not required at this time. You can include a BIO and publication history in      the cover letter if you want, or you can use the cover letter space provided on the submission form to tell us about your artwork. Feel free to skip the cover letter entirely by putting something like "No COVER LETTER" in the field or by leaving the field blank. NOTE: We do read and enjoy cover letters, but never before selections have been made. 
11. Editors are prohibited from rejecting writing or artwork on first review. All writing      and artworks get at least 2 reviews before a decision is made. 
12. Editors assume you are smarter than we are. We will strive to understand your intention, stay open-minded and try to avoid imposing our presumptions on your work.  We will never use irresponsible, misguided, and self-aggrandizing slurs to      describe your work like "purple writing" or "that technique is a gimmick".
13. We may use writing and artwork that has been accepted on a revolving basis during the submission period as blog posts on The Raw Art Review's home page.
14. There is a $10 reading Fee for submission. We are also offering a $10 expedite fee.      Expedited work is reviewed and a response given within two weeks. 
15. We value the slush pile. (Not a derogatory term among our editors). Writing or Artwork is not rejected as much as it is "completed" and saved, with your permission, in the slush pile for future consideration. We will of course seek your permission before anything in the slush pile is published and lay no claim to saved works.
16. 3 poems or 1 short story or 5 photos of artwork per entry. You may enter as many times as you like but the $10.00 fee applies to each entry. NOTE: We generally cannot publish stories that are more than 3000 words. This is not a strict limit but is a guideline. If the story is too long for the FOUND ART ANTHOLOGY but we like it, we may ask for you to submit an alternative and, occasionally, will publish a story longer than 3000 words. It also could lead to book publication.
17. Simultaneous submission is fine. 
18. Previously published writing or artwork is fine if you own re-publication rights. We are happy to credit the original publisher upon your request.
19. Deadline for submission is SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2023.
20. Please use Submittable for submissions. Submittable accounts are free to submitters, and the tool  is great for organizing and tracking submissions. If this presents a hardship, please email us at editor@therawartreview.com about direct email submission.
21. We recognize that the fee may be a deterrent for some submitters who are challenged by financial hardship. We consider a limited number of requests for financial aid in covering part or all the fee. Please send an email to editor@therawartreview.comto make a request for financial aid. PLEASE NOTE: UCP/RAR has its own financial challenges, so please do not request financial aid unless it is absolutely necessary. Thank you.
22. RAR has implemented a "3 Strikes and WE are out" rule. If you have been declined for publication in 3 OR MORE SEPARATE SUBMISSIONS, please notify us at our email address - editor@therawartreview.com.  Your next submission to any Journal Issue or Contest will be free, and all  of our editors will be notified to pay particular attention to your submission. NOTE - This is 3 separate submissions - not 3 works submitted as part of a single submission.
23. UnCollected Press will reject all manuscripts that in the opinion of the editors      intends to promote racist, homophobic, misogynist, and other idealogies that target hate speech toward any persons of any race, creed, color, and religion. 

UnCollected Press is seeking manuscripts of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comix and visual art portfolios for its UNCOLLECT PRESS 2023 BOOK PUBLICATION CONTEST. 

NOTE: All manuscripts are eligible for publication. If you would like us to look at a manuscript that doesn't fit any of the listed categories do not hesitate to submit your manuscript.   We are open to all potential publications.  (Last year’s books included a “skin art and poetry “publication.

Email your questions to editor@therawartreview.com.

To see a sample of books published by UnCollected Press, please follow this URL:

https://therawartreview.com/books-for-sale/

CONTEST TERMS:

1. A minimum of ten (10) manuscripts will be accepted for publication. UnCollected Press will partner with the author/artist to plan, design, develop and print a book that strives to achieve a high standard of production and to meet the author/artist's expectation.   

2. Selection of winning manuscripts will be "rolling". Announcement does not wait for the end of the year or the end of the contest. We will select winners on an ongoing basis and add the manuscript to the production queue as soon as a manuscript has been selected as a winner.

3. Publication with UnCollected Press will include payment in first run copies and eligibility for royalties from sellers. Publication will also include help in establishing global distribution to online retail sales platforms, including but not limited to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, Lulu, Indie Books (network of hundreds of small book sellers), Google books and others. (Participation in the global selling network is optional and entirely up to the author.)  UnCollected Press will also make recommendations to the author for book contest and award submissions and submissions to reviewers like Kirkus and Publishers weekly.  Terms of publication, compensation, book distribution & sales, and advisement will be included in a contract. 

4. There are no rules of form and content. The sole criterion for selecting manuscripts is the power of the emotional/psychological/physiological spiritual/ impact on editors reading the stories. NOTE: We will attempt to adjust production to the formats of the writing and artwork within limits. UnCollected Press will entertain alternative trim sizes, including non-standard sizes, understanding that non-standard footprints may limited access to online sales platforms.

5. There are no trade-craft requirements for the draft you submit.

6. GOOD ENOUGH IS PERFECT.  UCP editors will not reject a manuscript based solely on typos, grammatical errors, or other errors of form.  We understand it is difficult to catch all typos. NOTE: we will presume a typo is volitional, so for the purpose of maintaining your intent for the writing or artwork, it is in your best interest to review carefully, get help from other readers, etc. NOTE:  Authors will be required to submit a “publication ready manuscript” with the start of production (if the manuscript is accepted.)  UnCollected Press offers development, copy and line editing services at $40 per hour. An estimate to copy/line edit your book will be provided in advance.

7. Acceptable formats for submitting a manuscript include Word, Google Docs, RTF Word Processor, PDF, and embedded email message.

8. Review of books is blind. Please do not put your name or any other identifying information on your pages.

9. Simultaneous submission is fine.

10. Reading fee for the contest is $35. RAR is offering an expedite fee of $25. Manuscripts that are submitted with the payment of an expedite fee will receive a decision within 30 days.

11. Previously published writing or artwork can be included in the book provided the submitter owns the rights to re-publish.  We are happy to recognize the original publisher on the back-matter page or at other summary locations in the book. Previously published books are not eligible.

12. Deadline is DECEMBER 31, 2023 - REMINDER - Acceptance is rolling and does not wait until the contest is over.

13. Submissions are read and considered in the order that they are received unless expedited. Expedited submissions are queued at the front of the list.

14. Please use Submittable for submissions. Submittable accounts are free to submitters, and the tool is great for organizing and tracking submissions. If this presents a hardship, please email us at editor@therawartreview.com.

15. UnCollected Press is NOT a vanity or self-publication press.  We select manuscripts on merit based on criteria of both content and form.  We are looking for manuscripts that are beautiful and moving.  We want to publish those manuscripts.

16. UnCollected Press will reject all manuscripts that in the opinion of the editors intends to promote racist, homophobic, misogynist, and other idealogies that target  hate speech toward any persons of any race, creed, color, and religion.

 GUIDELINES (NOT RULES):

NOTE - Follow us on our website to stay current on all journal submissions and contests.  See follow button at the top of the righthand sidebar on our homepage.

1. RAR is looking for short stories, poems and artwork (all media) that use content and form to express powerful emotions, aesthetics, ideas and/or revelations.  We do not discriminate against any genre.
2. The RAR SPRING 2023 Journal will appear In Print and as an Online Publication. Artwork and Writing also may be posted to RAR's home page as a Featured Work of Art.   The In-Print version of the journal is a high quality, perfect-bound, full color cover and interior production.  We use coated paper to present the artwork in the best possible way.  Author BIOs, which may include web and social media channel addresses, also appear in both versions of the book.  NOTE:  - The Raw Art Review is no longer offering a contributor's copy for works published in this book.  The cost of producing this book is very high and sales of the book are typically low.   We have therefore reduced the reading fee for submission, will offer all contributors a free electronic version of the journal, and will offer the printed version of the journal for sale from the UnCollected Press Website.
3. Submissions may also result in the artist/writer being selected as a Featured Artist in a dedicated gallery or library accessible from the RAR home page.  (See Featured Artist Page).
4. Artists whose work generates particular interest among our editors may be invited to submit a manuscript for book publication of poetry, prose (fiction or non-fiction), and artwork.
5. There are no rules of form and content.  The sole criteria for acceptance is the power of the emotional/psychological/spiritual/physiological impact on editors reading the poem.  A piece of writing or artwork can be tightly wrought and beautifully organized or wild, unruly and improvisational.
6. There are no particular trade-craft requirements.  Single or double space, left-center-right justification, long lines/short lines, standard use of punctuation or use of line breaks to set a poem's rhythm, etc.  NOTE: we attempt to maintain as much of your formatting as we can in the book production.
7. GOOD ENOUGH IS PERFECT - TYPOS - we understand it is difficult to catch all typos and other "errors".  NOTE: we will presume a typo or error is volitional, so for the purpose of maintaining your intent for the writing or artwork it is in your best interest to review carefully, get help from others, etc.  NOTE: If you need line/copy editing for this submission or any other manuscripts, RAR Editors are available.  Email us at editor@therawartreview.com for details and an estimate.  
8. Review of writing and artwork is blind. Please do not put your name or any other identifying information on your manuscript pages.
9. BIO  is not required at this time.   You can include a BIO and publication history in the cover letter if you want, or you can use the cover letter space provided on the submission form to tell us about your artwork.  Feel free to skip the cover letter entirely by putting something like "No COVER LETTER" in the field or by leaving the field blank.   NOTE:  We do read and enjoy cover letters, but never before  selections have been made.  
10. Editors are prohibited from rejecting writing or artwork on first review.  All writing and artwork gets at least 2 reviews before a decision is made.  
11. Editors assume you are smarter than we are.  We will strive to understand your intention, stay open-minded and try to avoid imposing our presumptions on your work.  We will never use irresponsible, misguided and self-aggrandizing slurs to describe your work like "purple writing" or "that technique is a gimmick".
12. We may use writing and artwork that has been accepted on a revolving basis during the submission period as blog posts on The Raw Art Review's home page.
13. There is a $10 reading Fee for submission.  We are also offering a $10 expedite fee.  Expedited work is reviewed and a response given within one week.   
14. We value the slush pile.  (Not a derogatory term among our editors).  Writing or Artwork is not rejected as much as it is "completed" and saved, with your permission, in the slush pile for future consideration.  We will of course seek your permission before anything in the slush pile is published and lay no claim to saved works.
15. 3 poems or 1 short story or 5 photos of artwork per entry.  You may enter as many times as you like but the $10.00 fee applies to each entry.   NOTE:  We generally can not publish stories that are more than 4000 words.  This is not a strict limit but is a guideline.  If the story is too long for the journal but we like it, we may ask for you to submit an alternative and, occasionally, will publish a story longer than 4000 words.  It also could lead to book publication.
16. Simultaneous submission is fine.  
17. Previously published writing or artwork is fine as long as you own re-publication rights.  We are happy to credit the original publisher upon your request.
18. Deadline for submission is WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023.
19. Please use Submittable for submissions.  Submittable accounts are free to submitters, and the tool is great for organizing and tracking submissions.  If this presents a hardship, please email us at editor@therawartreview.com.
20. We recognize that the fee may be a deterrent for some submitters who are challenged by financial hardship.  We consider a limited number of requests for financial aid in covering part or all of the fee.  Please send an email to editor@therawartreview.com to make a request for financial aid.  PLEASE NOTE:  UCP/RAR has its own financial challenges, so please do not request financial aid unless it is absolutely necessary.  Thank you.
21. RAR has implemented a "3 Strikes and WE are out" rule.  If you have been declined for publication in 3 OR MORE SEPARATE SUBMISSIONS, please notify us at our email address - editor@therawartreview.com.  Your next submission to any RAR Journal Issue or Contest will be free, and all of our editors will be notified to pay particular attention to your submission.  NOTE - This is 3 separate submissions - not 3 works submitted as part of a single submission.
22. UnCollected Press will reject all manuscripts that in the opinion of the editors intends to promote racist, homophobic, misogynist, and other idealogies that target  hate speech toward any persons of any race, creed, color, and religion.
     

 UnCollectd Press/The Raw Art Review is seeking submissions to its SPRING 2023 COVER ART CONTEST for the purpose of selecting artwork to appear on the front cover, back cover, and interior pages of its journal.
Go to this URL to see samples of past issue covers:
www.therawartreview.com/journal_issues

1.  One (1) Winner will have her/his artwork featured on the front cover of the SPRING 2023 issue of The Raw Art Review:  A Journal of Storm and Urge.  Additional examples of the winner's artwork will be featured at multiple locations in the journal.  Winner  may also be presented as a "Featured Artist" on the RAR website home page and/or may be given his/her own Featured Artist Page on the GALLERY PAGE of the UnCollected Press Website that will include up to 20 images of his/her work.
2. One (1) Runner-up will have her/his artwork featured on the back cover of the SPRING 2023 issue of The Raw Art Review with 4 additional examples of her/his artwork featured in the journal's interior pages.
3. Submissions selected as Honorable Mention will have up to 5 examples of her/his artwork featured in the interior pages of the SPRING 2023 issue of RAR.  A minimum of 5 honorable mention selections will be made.
4. NOTE:  We typically use a gallery style presentation of your artwork on our covers.  We want your artwork presented without the distractions of text layovers (Journal name, publication date, etc.) wherever possible.
5. We are looking for original artwork in any medium that manifests the energy and power of Storm and Urge.
6. Please send up to 5 photos of any artwork in any medium using any style.  
7. IMPORTANT - Please include the Titles of your pieces.  If they do not have titles please mark them Untitled.
8. The better the photo the better the post.  We recommend you send images that you are happy with yourself.
9. Anything from photo-realistic to abstract art is welcome.  Photos of paintings, drawings, sculpture, pottery, mixed-media, skin-art etc. are all welcome.  Photography is welcome.  
10. Simultaneous submission is fine.  
11. Previously published or shown works are fine, as long as you own re-publication rights.  
12. Viewing fee is $10.00.  Expedite fee $5.00 for notification of selection to contest shortlist and publication in an upcoming issue of The Raw Art Review. 
13. Current Deadline is JUNE 21, 2023.  Deadline may be extended depending on volume of submissions.
14. Contest winner will be announced JUNE 30, 2023.