Submissions Closed.

October first usually marks the beginning of our one month open submission period. Last spring the internal university budget for Water~Stone Review was cut. Sadly, we are not opening submissions for 2025.

However, new university leadership listened to our case over the summer and just last month granted us the opportunity to raise funds for the operational and other associated costs of Water~Stone Review. We are anticipating a brief submissions hiatus this fall to reevaluate our structure and strategy, and to mobilize.

Like all the presses, journals, writing centers, theatres, and public media we know, we will ask you, our community of readers, contributors, editors, and alumni family, to sustain its future, to celebrate its legacy, extend its reach, and help us to expand our community programming initiatives. We hope to be fully funded and calling for submissions to Volume 29 by the fall of 2026.

More information about how to help us in our fundraising efforts coming soon.