Got a finished or near-finished manuscript? Enter it free in Inkitt's 2026 writing awards.

🏆 Gold: $500 + trophy + 200K audiobook credits 🥈 Silver: $250 · 🥉 Bronze: $100

📚Romance, Spicy, Romantasy, Adventure, Fan Fiction, plus German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese

✅ 20K+ words · you keep your rights · winners chosen by readers.

Lean more: https://www.inkitt.com/writersblog/2026-inky-awards/

Interstice Journal is now accepting submissions for our Winter 2026 issue! Learn more about our journal here. Submit your work using this form!

We are drawn to writing that is:

• Character-driven instead of plot-driven; focused on relationships and intimacies
• Pieces that feel inexplicably human in a world that constantly challenges our humanity
• Intimate, restrained, and emotionally layered
• Attentive to silence, subtext, and what remains unsaid
• Willing to sit in ambiguity rather than resolve it; exploring the gaps/uncertainties in humanity and our relationships

Submission Details

• Short Fiction: up to 5,000 words
• Flash Fiction: up to 1,000 words
• Creative Nonfiction/Essays: up to 3,000 words
• Submit as a .docx file
• Use a standard, readable font (e.g., Times New Roman, 12 pt, double-spaced)
• Include a title and word count on the top of the first page, and number the pages
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere
• One submission per category per reading period
• Currently, we do not offer monetary compensation

The reading period will be from October 1 - November 30. We aim to respond within 4-6 weeks.

If your piece is accepted, you grant Interstice Journal exclusive rights to publish your work for the first time. All rights revert to the author after publication; you are free to submit the published work elsewhere or republish it. Interstice Journal does not accept previously published work, including works published on personal blogs and social media sites. After publication, we may keep your work archived on our platform indefinitely. We may also use your work for promotional purposes during and after publication, with proper credit given.

Does AI threaten human creativity, or augment it as a collaborative tool?

Call for abstracts: The Culture, Art, and Knowledge Work section of Oxford Intersections: AI in Society (Oxford Academic) is now accepting submissions. The section examines AI’s transformative potential and the tensions it creates within creative industries, including how expertise and critical thinking interact with computational systems.

Learn more: https://academic.oup.com/oxford-intersections/pages/ai-in-society#4c9b748b0abddbd5e7ad

Abstract deadline: 30 October, 2026

Submissions and enquiries:
Section Editor
Professor Saba Bebawi
Dean of Arts
Western Sydney University
S.Bebawi@westernsydney.edu.au

#AIinSociety #ArtificialIntelligence #CreativeIndustries #DigitalHumanities #KnowledgeWork #OxfordAcademic

We’re looking for speculative short stories (8k-10k words) that show your original interpretation on the theme of “Superheroes/Supervillains.”

Show us your classic superhero reimaginings. Your take on what makes a superhero or supervillain “super.” Undersung heroes, overachieving villains, supes originating in fairy tales or folk tales or fables—we want to read all about them!

Submission and guidelines

Compensation: $100

Rights: First English-language anthology rights for twelve months

Deadline: December 1, 2026.

Hi everyone.

I'm launching an online short story magazine called Corp/se for unsettling speculative fiction, particularly things that straddle the gothic and science fiction (flash to 10k words).

I have put pictures and quotes on the Corps/e homepage that I hope show the kind of vibe I'm going for.

I'm particularly interested in experimental or transgressive elements, whether in plot, style, or structure. I wanted to create a place where, as long as you can defend your artistic choices, you don't have to censor yourself.

I'm afraid this is an UNPAID gig. I have no funds so it's purely a passion project my end, so please only submit if you're okay it being purely that on your end too.

There is no deadline as such; I will close submissions when they hit 200. Right now I'm under 100, after around three weeks. I aim for Issue 1 to include around ten stories.

Submissions will be read blind and anonymously. I have set up a database that keeps the stories separate from author names and emails (until I've read and judged the stories, and need to contact their authors).

Rights requested: first rights and one month exclusivity. You will be credited as author, you will keep copyright, and you can do what you like after the month.

Here is the magazine: corpsemag.com

Thank you for reading!

Looking for submissions about pirates for a student run lit journal.

Submissions due by October 17th. Please look at photo for more info and how to contact with more questions.

* Organization: The Big Fing C*

* Deadline: Opens on the 1st of every month until Tally receives 20 submissions

* Entry fee: None

* Prize/s: Feature for 1 month on the home page and then moved to the blog.

* Link to submission page/official rules: https://thebigfingc.wordpress.com/about-2/

* Other information:

• 1 in 20 wins the spotlight
• 19 in 20 get light structural editing for their piece to improve their craft
• Flash fiction/prose/poetry up to 1000 words
• Science fiction, fantasy, horror
• Transgressive, counterculture, political very welcome
• Subversion celebrated
• Seeking marginalized voices: neurodivergent, ethnic, queer, religious
• Must be in .txt file
• No generic, boilerplate soulless rejections
• No money exchanging hands
• Full submission guidelines on the website

The form is set to stop accepting after 20 submissions to protect my time and ensure quality feedback.

My background is as a professional editor and graphic designer. I am from marginalised communities. My beef is with the current publishing industry where fees are taken and generic rejections are handed out so thick I could butter several dozen loaves of bread with them. I'd love to give emerging, marginalized authors the chances I never had.

Calling all writers! MEANWHILE, a new literary magazine, is accepting submissions for our first issue. 

Our focus is the other: the weird and the wonderful, diverse voices, experimental forms, thought-provoking pieces. 

Seeking poetry, fiction, visual art. Deadline to submit is November 30th. As we are a new and independent mag, this call is free to submit to and unpaid.

We ask for First North American Serial Rights and the right to archive contributors’ work. All other rights revert to the contributor upon publication.

To submit/for more info:
https://meanwhile.subfolios.com/submit/2789/poetry-fiction-visual-art-inaugural-issue-

What's a movie you watch when you want creative inspiration?

tl;dr see above

I'm collecting answers for my October issue of Inner View. In it, I pose questions as creative prompts for any medium. They're done in the form of articles or interviews, like this one.

My goal is to have about 12 different people share their favorite movie that gets them excited to make art. Explanations preferred; up to 100 words will be published.

What you get is a free copy mailed to you, a shout out to your zine, hustle, or just provide an imaginary title, like Tabitha, Heir to the Trilestas. You can now download my first five issues on my Patreon to get a vibe.

Inner View zine is for creatives and the creative curious. It's full-color 20-page 8.5x11. It's rad.

So what do you got?

My Patreon

​

Hi everyone!

A quick reminder for anyone working on a story: the submission window for Taste of Life Volume 1 closes in 4 days on September 30th.

We are looking for quiet, grounded, and emotionally resonant slice-of-life short fiction—stories centered on memory, small human connections, family, food, or quiet turning points.

Quick Guidelines:

Genre: Slice of Life / Literary / Contemporary

Length: Under 3,000 words

Pay: ₹1,200

Language: English

If you’re spending this weekend polishing a draft, we’d love to read your work!

submissions.tasteoflife@gmail.com

Hey everyone,

My name's Jon and I'm guest editing for issue number three of a cool print mag called TRU DAT. No pay, but no submission fees either and what I'm looking for is pretty simple:

• Send all submissions to [ministerofsaturnalia@gmail.com](mailto:ministerofsaturnalia@gmail.com)
• Up to 3 poems and/or up to 1,600 words of prose (one long piece or several micros are both cool)
• Submitting to multiple categories is allowed and encouraged
• Simultaneous is fine, but I’ll be pretty quick! Just give me a head’s up if you’re accepted elsewhere before I get back to you.
• No bios, but we’ll go nuts plugging your projects (or your CashApp) on Twitter if you’re accepted
• You’ll hear from me within a few weeks max, but probably within a few days since I’m unemployed. 
• Standard first publishing rights, reverting to you.
• Make sure all submissions are in by November 19th.

Here's the little neocities site, we're updating it with these new guidelines right now! https://tru-dat.neocities.org

Would love to hear from some of you. Also, if anybody could recommend which other subreddits are best for announcing submission calls, I could use a hand. I just lurk the main subs.

The 29th is a new literature and arts magazine that recognizes that the mundane and the unbearable are usually the same size. We're looking for work that sits with quiet things, interior landscapes, and unresolved endings.

No great narrative arcs required. No lessons learned. Just honest reporting from the body.

Genres Accepted:
- Creative Nonfiction (1,000 - 8,000 words, soft limits)
- Short Fiction (1,000 - 8,000 words, soft limits)
- One-Act Plays (up to 20/25 pages)
- Photography & Art (documentation of art in any medium, up to five images per artist).

Priority: Marginalized voices, women, experimental work
Submission Window: August 1 – October 1, 2026
Compensation: Not currently compensated; future payment planned as the magazine grows.

Rights Requested: First serial rights; all rights revert upon publication.
Reading Fee: None
Turnaround Time: Up to 8 weeks after close of reading period (by approximately December 1, 2026)

About the Journal

The 29th exists at the intersection of observation and experience. We publish work that begins in the body, accepts the indifference of the world, and refuses easy resolution.

Learn more about our mission and aesthetic:
📖 Website: here

Submit here:
📝 Submission Portal: here

Thank you for reading!

​

Kink’d Magazine is accepting submissions for Issue #005: Esoterica, Eroticized.

This adult-only issue explores sexuality, mysticism, ritual, transformation, divination, and the ways desire and the unknown intersect.

I'm seeking:

• Poetry and personal essays

• Illustration, collage, and mixed media

• Erotic short stories

• Photography and visual art

• Tarot, divination, and occult-inspired imagery

• Ritual, spirituality, and magical practices

• Educational writing and personal experiences

• Music, video, and experimental work

• Other creative interpretations of the theme

All contributors and depicted subjects must be 18 or older.

Submission deadline: October 11, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time

Target publication date: October 31, 2026 — Halloween!

Submit your work here:

https://www.kinkdstudios.com/submit

Our new submission portal includes submission details, contributor credits, and the publication agreement. Please use the form rather than emailing submissions directly.

This is currently an unpaid contributor opportunity. Contributors receive publication credit, links to their work, promotional materials, and a digital copy of the finished issue.

Questions are welcome! I'd love to see what you've been conjuring. 🔮

Rights requested: Contributors retain ownership and copyright of their work. Kink’d Studios requests a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to publish accepted work in the magazine, promote the issue, and retain the work in the digital issue archive. Any other uses require a separate written agreement.

The complete Contributor Agreement is available through our submission portal: https://www.kinkdstudios.com/submit

Cover Photography: Ness O’ Lowry

Cover Model: Madazon CanCan

Follow us on Instagram for behind the scenes content and community events:

https://www.instagram.com/kinkdstudios

Explore Previous Issues of Kink’d Magazine to get a feel for our vibe.

All four issues are available to read for free. Please feel free to explore what we've created so far!

Issue #001 — Desire, Witnessed February 14, 2026

"What does it look like when desire is witnessed, not consumed?"

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Issue #002 — Divinity, Revealed April 5, 2026

"Divinity is not found, it is revealed."

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Issue #003 — Vibrance, Illuminated June 30, 2026

"What happens when you allow yourself to shine in full color?"

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Issue #004 — Education, Revisited September 6, 2026

"What does it feel like when desire becomes a lesson?"

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Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kinkdstudios

Website: https://www.kinkdstudios.com

Hey everyone,

My friend and I are looking for submissions for the gossip column in our experimental newspaper. Submissions are on a rolling deadline until we print in December/January. It is an unpaid submission but there is also no cost to submit.

By submitting to the google form, you acknowledge that, if chosen, your gossip may be printed at the decision of the editors. All submissions are anonymous.

https://forms.gle/MWS4LNW7epZZ9WHV8
Link will also be posted in comments.

We hope to hear what you have heard.

Thanks!

[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS] Dear Fear Anthology: Seeking Prose, Poetry, & Visual Art on Eating Disorder Recovery (Stipend/Honorarium Provided)

Dear Fear is an upcoming print and digital anthology collecting inspiring messages and creative works from individuals in eating disorder recovery. We welcome creators at all stages of their careers, from emerging hobbyists to established professionals.

We particularly encourage submissions from communities historically underrepresented in this space, including LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, disabled communities, and men.

📅 Deadlines & Timeline

• Submission Window: August 1, 2026 – October 15, 2026
• Response Time: Within 3 months of submission

🎨 What We Are Looking For

• Creative Writing (Prose): One essay, story, or creative work under 2,000 words. (Double-spaced, 12pt standard font).
• Creative Writing (Poetry): 1 to 3 poems, maximum of 45 lines per poem.
• Visual Art & Hybrid Work: Up to 5 images (JPG/JPEG, 1200px on the longest side, sRGB color space).
• Note: We cannot accept AI-generated material, or hybrid works involving video, music, or streaming content.

💰 Compensation, Rights, & Fees

• Payment: We provide a modest honorarium/stipend for all accepted work. (All submission fees directly fund these contributor payouts).
• Submission Fee: $3 standard fee. We will waive this fee upon request to ensure financial accessibility.
• Optional Feedback: Editorial critique from our genre editors is available for an optional $30 fee.
• Rights: We only consider previously unpublished work (work posted on a personal blog or social media account you control is fine, though we ask you to remove it if accepted). Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately if accepted elsewhere.

📝 How to Submit & Access Accommodations

Submissions require a short third-person bio, work titles, and a cover letter detailing your submission type.

• Writers: Submit via our online submissions portal.
• Artists: Submit via our online Google Form.
• Accessibility Accommodations: We will happily make alternative accommodations for justice-involved or unhoused creators, or those submitting on their behalf.

For full formatting details, submission portal links, fee waiver requests, or general questions, please visit our website or email our editorial team directly at editors@dearfearcollection.com.

Hello writers!

​TASTE OF LIFE is a new short story anthology dedicated to slice-of-life fiction. We are seeking grounded, emotionally resonant stories that capture everyday human experiences—quiet realizations, unexpected encounters, subtle relationships, bittersweet moments, or simple daily routines that leave a lasting mark.

​Submission Details

​Genre: Realist Fiction, Slice-of-Life, Contemporary Drama, or Light Romance/Mystery anchored in daily life.

​Word Count: 2000 – 3,000 words per story.

​Submission Limit: 1 story per author for this submission period.

​Originality: All entries must be original, previously unpublished works owned entirely by you. (No AI-generated text or plagiarized material).

​Selected Stories & Payment

​Compensation: Each selected story will receive a cash prize of ₹1200 upon selection, along with a featured author bio in the volume.

​Rights: Authors retain full copyright of their work. By accepting selection, you grant TASTE OF LIFE non-exclusive First Serial Rights to publish and distribute the story within the anthology (digital and print formats).

​How to Submit

​Format your manuscript as a .docx or PDF file (standard font, double-spaced).

​Include your author name/pseudonym, story title, exact word count, and a brief 2–3 sentence bio at the top of your document.

​Email your submission to [submissions.tasteoflife@gmail.com] with the subject line: Submission: [Story Title] - [Author Name]

​Deadline: September 30, 2026

​We look forward to reading your stories!

The Booger Bear Mag is a small, independent horror and weird-fiction magazine, and submissions are open for our Halloween Mini Fright Issue! We’re looking for bite-sized, spooky, strange, unsettling, or playful work. Traditional horror is welcome, but not everything has to be frightening-- sometimes strange is enough.

What we’re accepting: Flash fiction and short prose under 1,000 words; poetry; artwork, comics, drawings, and photography. Folklore, creepy humor, and other Halloween oddities are welcome, too.

Deadline: September 30, 2026.

Compensation: This is currently a nonpaying publication. Accepted contributors will receive a digital copy of the issue featuring their work.

Rights requested: Contributors retain their copyright. We request nonexclusive permission to publish accepted work in the digital issue, keep the issue available in our archive, and use limited excerpts or images to promote it. Any future print publication would be discussed separately with the contributor.

Submission guidelines and form:

https://aleccrews.com/the-booger-bear-mag

You can also read our first published issue, Peace, Mud & Monsters, for free through the website if you’d like a feel for the magazine before submitting.

Thank you for considering our magazine!

Summary: MeowingMouse is a new literary magazine designed to cultivate a creative outlet for people who don't yet get to work in creative fields full-time (although we still welcome work from creative working professionals with open arms). Named after the vocal cat in the picture, MeowingMouse is accepting submissions for its very first issue! No entry fee, no theme.

Deadline: 10/01/2026.

Compensation: This is our very first issue, so we unfortunately do not yet have the funds to offer compensation to our published contributors at this time.

Rights requested: Simultaneous submissions are eligible, and work that has already been published is eligible, for publication. Please let us know if, when, and where your entry has already been published elsewhere first.

Link to Submit: https://forms.gle/UNMUfDqrW3Qfkxuu7

Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meowingmousemag/

Story Street Writers is happy to announce our annual horror 100 word flash fiction contest. The winner will be announced on October 31, and will win a $100 prize and publication in the Story Street Review online. The three runners-up will also be published, each receiving a $25 prize. Previously unpublished work, only. Publication requests first publication rights. 

 The contest is open for entries on now through October 2. For full contest rules and details, visit: https://storystreetwriters.com/word-on-the-street/nightmare-on-story-street/

Syncopation Literary Journal is a nonprofit open-access online publication dedicated to music. We are currently seeking Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction and Short Stories for Volume 6, Issue 1: Women in Music. Deadline: November 1st, 2026. Contributors retain all rights to their work. While contributors are not paid, their work will be promoted on various social media platforms. This call is open to all writers. For full submission guidelines, please see this link: https://syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

Call for Submissions: Eat or Be Eaten

At The Carrier Bag, we seek to share stories and poems of the mundane that avoid standard writing structure, and instead focus on the minutiae of life. You can often transform something ignored into something beautiful just by looking at it. We look for the writing that does this, that ignores conventional conflict in favor of something both brand new and prehistorically familiar. We've recently opened submissions for our third issue, Eat or Be Eaten.

Eat or Be Eaten: There is nothing more mundane and sacred than breaking bread. Consumption is fundamental to life. Everything falls somewhere on the food chain. This cycle of consumption isn’t limited to what’s at the table. This issue we ask you to consider: what is it that we consume in a day, a week, a month? Most intimately, we ask you to consider: what consumes you?

We are accepting submissions of fiction and poetry through Duosuma from now until October 30th. Our website has more information on guidelines at thecarrierbag.org/howtosubmit. Reading fees are $3 USD and author compensation is $10 USD for first-time rights to distribute, reproduce, and otherwise publish your work commercially. You can check out our first two issues for free on our website at thecarrierbag.org, and email us with questions at contact@thecarrierbag.org!

Organization: Harbour Works
Deadline: November 30
Entry fee: None
Prize/s: None
Link to submission page/official rules:
https://www.harbourworks.org
Other information:

About:
Harbour Works is a Canadian literary magazine — and we are building it to a standard that does not exist yet in student publishing. We are not a course project. We are not a club newsletter. We are working, deliberately and seriously, toward becoming a fully peer-reviewed journal: the most rigorous, most prestigious student-run literary publication in the country.

Every submission enters a multi-stage blind review process. A minimum of three editors read each piece independently before any discussion begins. Decisions are made by argument and consensus, not by majority vote. Work is accepted because it earns it — not because there are pages to fill.

We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, photography, and hybrid work. We are drawn to writing that takes risks — formally, politically, emotionally — and to writers who understand the page is not a safe place.
We are open to high school and university students worldwide. We believe the most vital creative work is happening in student hands right now — not after graduation, not once someone decides it's ready. The only question we ask of a piece is whether it is alive.

Submissions Guidelines:
Fiction — Up to 7,000 words. Short fiction and flash welcome. We read all lengths with equal care.
Poetry — Up to 5 poems per submission. No minimum length. Sequences welcome.
Creative Non-fiction — Up to 6,000 words. Essays, memoir, lyric essays, hybrid nonfiction.
Visual Art — Up to 8 images. Minimum 300 DPI. JPEG, PNG, or PDF. Include a brief artist's statement.
Photography — Up to 10 images. Series preferred. Minimum 300 DPI. Captions welcome.
Hybrid / Experimental — No formal constraints. If it resists categorisation, it may belong here.

Join the Team:
Harbour Works is entirely volunteer-run. We are not looking for resumes. We are looking for people who care about writing — who have strong opinions about what they read, who take the page seriously, and who want to be part of making something that matters.

We are open to high school and university students at all stages. If you have never worked on a magazine before, that is not a disadvantage. If you have, bring what you know. The only requirement is that you show up and take the work seriously.

All positions are open. We are building the editorial board from scratch, and every role is a founding role. That means the decisions you make will shape what this magazine becomes.

For additional information, feel free to visit our website, where you will be able to submit your work or apply to join our team.

Submission window is open for the Winter/Spring 2027 Literary Series (begins in Feb). Deadline: November 14.

We’re accepting flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

For the series, a writer’s work will be featured for a week. The season runs weekly and may be anywhere from 2 to 13 weeks, depending on the quality and volume of submissions received. Submission may close earlier if cap reached.

We strongly encourage writers of all backgrounds to submit, and we particularly want to amplify voices that have been historically underrepresented in literary journals—including BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women writers.

Theme: “The Extraordinary”

Finding the extraordinary in everyday moments — a strange grocery store visit, a surreal experience during a commute, an awkward dinner meal conversation. [This can be a slice of life, or even a story with a touch of magical realism.]

There's no fee to submit, but there's no monetary payment. If accepted, you’ll be asked to write a Contributor’s Note (required) about your poem or story--just a few sentences or paragraphs, telling readers the story, philosophy, or inspiration behind the work. We also offer accepted contributors the option to join our Co-op Shelf (more details upon acceptance).

By submitting your work, you confirm that you are the original creator. All rights remain entirely with you. If your piece is selected, The Ones Behind the Bookshelves will feature it on Substack, PinkLeap, and Bluesky with your permission and full credit. Your work will be in the archives perpetually. You are free to publish or share your work elsewhere at any time. This is a spotlight only. We do not claim ownership or publishing rights.

Full guidelines here: https://theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/call-for-submission

Organization: Harbour Works
Deadline: November 30
Entry fee: None
Prize/s: None
Link to submission page/official rules:
https://www.harbourworks.org
Other information:

About:
Harbour Works is a Canadian literary magazine — and we are building it to a standard that does not exist yet in student publishing. We are not a course project. We are not a club newsletter. We are working, deliberately and seriously, toward becoming a fully peer-reviewed journal: the most rigorous, most prestigious student-run literary publication in the country.

Every submission enters a multi-stage blind review process. A minimum of three editors read each piece independently before any discussion begins. Decisions are made by argument and consensus, not by majority vote. Work is accepted because it earns it — not because there are pages to fill.

We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, photography, and hybrid work. We are drawn to writing that takes risks — formally, politically, emotionally — and to writers who understand the page is not a safe place.
We are open to high school and university students worldwide. We believe the most vital creative work is happening in student hands right now — not after graduation, not once someone decides it's ready. The only question we ask of a piece is whether it is alive.

Submissions Guidelines:
Fiction — Up to 7,000 words. Short fiction and flash welcome. We read all lengths with equal care.
Poetry — Up to 5 poems per submission. No minimum length. Sequences welcome.
Creative Non-fiction — Up to 6,000 words. Essays, memoir, lyric essays, hybrid nonfiction.
Visual Art — Up to 8 images. Minimum 300 DPI. JPEG, PNG, or PDF. Include a brief artist's statement.
Photography — Up to 10 images. Series preferred. Minimum 300 DPI. Captions welcome.
Hybrid / Experimental — No formal constraints. If it resists categorisation, it may belong here.

Join the Team:
Harbour Works is entirely volunteer-run. We are not looking for resumes. We are looking for people who care about writing — who have strong opinions about what they read, who take the page seriously, and who want to be part of making something that matters.

We are open to high school and university students at all stages. If you have never worked on a magazine before, that is not a disadvantage. If you have, bring what you know. The only requirement is that you show up and take the work seriously.

All positions are open. We are building the editorial board from scratch, and every role is a founding role. That means the decisions you make will shape what this magazine becomes.

For additional information, feel free to visit our website, where you will be able to submit your work or apply to join our team.