We are open to poetry, fiction and art by creators around the globe who identify as women or as nonbinary. West Trestle Review is inspired by a VIDA panel where the speakers encouraged participants to make space for women and nonbinary writers in the literary landscape as a form of subversion. WTR began as a journal for poets in California and Nevada and now has expanded to include international poets, writers, and visual artists. Why West Trestle? The journal is based in Auburn, California, where visitors, residents, and travelers driving along Highway 80 pass under a great train trestle as they’re entering old town. We think of that trestle as a gateway to the foothills. So for us, West Trestle exemplifies the idea of literature as gateway, as welcome, as bridge, and as home.
Please send only one submission at a time.
Please do not combine poetry and prose in the same submission.
Please do not combine Fairlies and new work in the same submission.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but do let us know as soon as possible if your piece has been accepted by another publication.
Please send up to five poems or two stories (fewer than 3,000 words each), in black, 12-point, Times New Roman typeface. double-space prose.
Please wait until your work has been accepted before making / requesting edits.
Feel free to include your social media handles as we make an effort to celebrate the work of West Trestlers.
