The Raw Art Review: A Journal of Storm and Urge

UnCollected Press is delighted to announce the publication of a second collection of poems by one of our favorite poets John D. Robinson.   John’s poetry has been published in hundreds of publications, and is powerful, sometimes brutal, and compassionate.  We highly recommend this book.

Please be aware that the impact of the corona virus has and will result in delays related to RAR Publications and Contests.

We have limited staff available to complete RAR projects, are unable to get certain supplies and are experiencing serious shipping delays.

We ask your forbearance – we will get to everything as soon as we can.

RAR Editors

All orders submitted from the website and all contributors’ copies of the Fall 2019 Journal have been shipped.

NOTE:  We have been notified that shipments will be significantly delayed due to the Corona Virus.  If you do not receive your book, mug, or other RAR Product by April 15, 2020 please email us at:

editor@therawartreview.com

We expect to receive Fall 2019 books back from the printers within the next couple of days.

As soon as we receive the books, we will begin mailing out contributors’ copies, as well as copies that have been purchased.

Please follow the link below to see the Bold Monkey Interview of “Ordinary Trauma” by RAR Contributor Brian Rihlmann published by Alien Buddha Press.

Bold Monkey Book Review of “Ordinary Trauma” by Brian Rihlmann published by Alien Buddha Press

The Raw Art Review 2019 Fall

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 particular genre.
2. The Winter 2020 Issue will appear In Print and as an Online Publication. Artwork and Writing also may be posted to the 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 interior production.
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. FRONT COVER ART will be selected from Artwork Submissions to the Journal.
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 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.
7. 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: We do NOT do copy editing. Copy editing is the responsibility of the submitter.
8. Review of writing and artwork is blind. Please do not put your name or any other identifying information on your pages.
9. BIO is not required at this time. You can include a BIO 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 BIO” in the field. NOTE: We do read and enjoy cover letters, but always and only after 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.
12. We will never use irresponsible 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 Fee for submission to help cover the cost of printing the journal. We are also offering a $5 expedite fee. Expedited work is reviewed and a response given within one week.
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, 1 short story, 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 5000 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 5000 words.
17. Simultaneous submission is fine.
18. Previously published writing or artwork is fine as long as you own republication rights. We are happy to credit the original publisher upon your request.
19. Deadline for submission is April 05, 2020.
20. You must 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.
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 the fee. Please send an email to editor@therawartreview.com to make a request for financial aid. PLEASE NOTE: RAR has its own financial challenges, so please do not request financial aid unless it is absolutely necessary. Thank you.
22. RAR is implementing a new “3 Strikes and we are out” rule. If we have been declined for publication in 3 STRAIGHT 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. You will get a personal and detailed response to our decision – if you want one.

UnCollected Press is delighted to announce the publication of poetry by Heikki Huotari.

These 6 books were selected winners of the contest and will be published in the 2020 publication year.  Congratulations to the Winners!  Please keep an eye out for the announcement of the publication of these fine collections of short stories.

And The Fires We talked About by James Kelly

Metazoan Variations by Mike Bendzela

Anthropocene by Dean Gessie

Subdermal Sky by Nazli Karabiyikoglu

The Art of Fugue by Will Clattenburg

The Carcass and Other Stories by Dave Sims