General Submission Guidelines

Submissions to The Core Review and The Juice are always free, although we encourage you to support us by purchasing our titles, buying our merchandise, or making a financial contribution. Contributions do not impact publication decisions.

Submissions to The Slice contests are $20. We are able to offer a limited number of fee waivers. Please email forkapplepress@gmail.com to request one if needed, and we will provide a waiver if we have not yet reached our cap.

We accept simultaneous submissions. If your piece is accepted elsewhere, please let us know as soon as possible.

The Core Review and The Juice requests first serial rights, and all rights revert back to the author upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in The Core Review and The Juice. If the work is later republished, we request that you note its initial publication in The Core Review or The Juice. We also request the right, with author permission, to use your work for promotional purposes.

We ask that authors who are accepted with us wait 2 years before submitting work again.

Note: Work submitted to Fork Apple Press should not use or incorporate text or images of any sort generated by AI software, apps, services, chatbots, or any similar service, or should expressly acknowledge the use of AI and the specific software used in the work.

Our Submission Calendar

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The Core Review’s Submission Calendar

• The Core Review, Spring – January 1—March 31 at 11:59pm EST
• The Core Review, Fall – July 1—September 30 at 11:59pm EST

The Slice’s Submission Calendar

• The Slice Essay Collection Contest – April 1—June 30 at 11:59pm EST
• The Slice Poetry Chapbook Contest – October 1-December 31 at 11:59pm EST