The Journal is excited to accept general submissions during our current reading period. We will be open for all genres (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art) from December 15, 2025 to February 15, 2026. 

Thank you so much for your patience! We cannot wait to read your work again.

We are interested in quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photo essays, author interviews, and reviews of new books of poetry and prose. We impose no restrictions on category or type of submission for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us of this at the time of submission. We do not publish previously published work. Multiple submissions are not accepted and will not be read or responded to; please wait until you receive a response from us before submitting again. Please allow at least eight months for a decision.

Recent contributors, please wait at least one year from when your work appears in The Journal before submitting again. Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to offer monetary payment to our contributors. 

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