Vol. 28 Theme: Creation

What does it mean to create—to make, to build, to dream, to invent, to generate, to be human? You can interpret this theme literally or figuratively and as broadly as you’d like.

Limits

Fiction: up to 1,500 words, 12-point font, double-spaced

Creative Nonfiction: up to 1,500 words, 12-point font, double-spaced

Poetry: up to 3 poems, any length, 12-point font, each new poem beginning on a new page

Visual Art: up to 3 pieces of original photography, painting, or illustration

• All submissions must be previously unpublished.

• No bigotry, no graphic content, no AI-assisted work.

How to Submit

• Please email your submission as a single PDF or Word file attachment to sandhillreview@gmail.com. (Visual art can be as a JPEG or PNG.)

• Include your name and page number on each page.

• Label your email subject line: Your Name, Genre (i.e. Anne Barngrover, Creative Nonfiction).

• In the body of your email, include a brief bio to let us know who you are (and feel free to say hello!). Let us know your connection to Florida and/or Saint Leo University.

• You may submit in multiple genres, but please do so in separate emails.

• Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if you are accepted elsewhere and need to withdraw a submission or part of a submission, please email us ASAP.

Deadline: December 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST

For any questions, please email Editor-in-Chief Anne Barngrover at sandhillreview@gmail.com.