University of South Carolina

Annual journal edited by graduate students in the MFA Program at the University of South Carolina. 

"Cola” is an affectionate abbreviation for Columbia, South Carolina, the city where our journal is based. 

We consider previously unpublished poetry and fiction, and our primary commitment is to publishing exceptional writing by diverse authors, emerging and established, from across national and international literary communities. 

Founded in 1993, Yemassee was a bi-annual literary journal, publishing poetry, fiction, and occasional creative nonfiction as well as chapbooks in both poetry and fiction. 

Beginning in Fall 2022, the journal has ended its chapbook contests, changed format to an annual journal of poetry and fiction, and changed its name to Cola Literary Review.

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Cola Literary Review

Work must be previously unpublished.
We do accept simultaneous submissions, however please let us know immediately if your work gets accepted elsewhere by sending a message through Submittable. Please do not withdraw your submission unless you are withdrawing the entirety of its contents.
Please only submit once per reading period.  
Poetry submissions: please submit 3-5 poems in a single Word document with no more than one poem per page.
Fiction submissions: please submit 1 story or up to 3 flash with a maximum of 5000 words total. Please double-space and paginate your document.
Please include a brief bio (about 100 words or fewer) and a mailing address in your cover letter.
Please send us your work via our Submittable. We do not accept email submissions at this time. We also do not accept postal submissions, unless you are currently incarcerated

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