Please review Guidelines as well as the following reminders prior to hitting Submit:
- Must be 18 years or older and a current resident of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, or British Columbia.
- 5000 word maximum, per fiction piece; 2 page limit, per poem.
- Two submission limit e.g., one poem, one short; two shorts; two poems.
- Preferred formats: .doc or .docx.
- All work must be edited for grammatical errors. We may ask for additional edits in preparation for publication. Unfortunately, we cannot comment on all submissions.
- We will only consider submissions written in English or translated to English (with author permission).
- Please inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- If submission is accepted, $5 honorarium paid upon publication.
- By submitting, you attest that all work is original and in no way utilizes AI word-processing, i.e., ChatGPT.
- Guideline deviations may disqualify submissions from consideration.
- We encourage donations.
Publication Calendar
Winter Issue: No Man’s Land
Published January 21, 2020
Summer Issue: Second Place
Published August 25, 2020
Spring Issue: Alter Ego
Published April 13, 2021
Fall Issue: Golden Age
Published November 23, 2021
Summer Solstice: Life Expectancy
Published June 27, 2023
Winter Solstice: Without Pause
Published December 19, 2023
Vernal Issue: Due West
Published March 19, 2024
Autumnal Issue: Hearth Songs
Published September 17, 2024
Special Issue ’24: After Dark
Published October 27, 2024
Monsoon Issue
Coming July 2025
Special Issue ’25
Coming October 2025