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issue 2!

ROANESQUE

This issue’s theme, whose title is a portmanteau of pop phenomenon Chappell Roan and extravagant, Romanesque architecture, is about queer joy and audacity. In Roanesque, we encourage you to find your inner queen: What makes you unapologetically, defiantly proud? Why is celebration and pride vital and powerful? Consider queer icons such as Chappell Roan and those who came before her—Janelle Monáe, Marsha P. Johnson, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and so many more. Consider your favorite drag queens. Above all, consider the beauty and power in chutzpah, both internal and external.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

  • We accept submissions of poetry, prose (creative or creative nonfiction), and visual art.

  • We welcome submissions from writers and artists of all backgrounds. We especially welcome emerging and/or young writers and artists.

  • Please use the linked submission form that can be access via the “Submit Here” button above. Submit your work as a pdf. Please do not email your submissions.

  • We accept previously published work and simultaneous submissions.

  • We do not accept work that is plagiarized or AI-generated. If your work opens with/contains a line from another writers’ work, please indicate this in your submission. If your work is directly inspired by another artist or writer’s work, please indicate this too.

  • We do not accept work that contains homophobic, racist, sexist, zionist, transphobic, etc. content.

  • If your piece contains possible content or trigger warnings, please indicate this in the submission form.

  • If accepted, we ask for the right to publish your work in our upcoming issue, with full credit to the artist/author.

  • If your work has been accepted or rejected previously, you are more then welcome to submit again to our next issue.

  • You are more than welcome to submit to both our upcoming issue and the feedback form. You are also welcome to submit only to our feedback form, which is open on a rolling basis. Both these submission options are free of charge.

  • To be considered for publication, your work must somewhat fit our issue’s theme. Remember: we love novel, unexpected, or even subtle interpretations of the theme!

  • We do not pay for publication at the moment.

GENRE GUIDELINES

Poetry: 3 pages max. We accept all poetic forms.

Prose: 3K words max. We accept fiction and nonfiction, as well as alternative prose forms such as the hermit crab, braided essay, etc.

Visual art: We accept any form of visual and mixed-media art. Art that is plagiarized or AI-generated will be automatically eliminated.