University of Iowa

online journal devoted to literary translations of ancient texts

Ancient Exchanges is an online journal devoted to literary translations of ancient texts. We are at once Exchanges’ younger sister and its centuries-old ancestral kin. Founded in Fall of 2019 by Adrienne Rose in collaboration with Aron Aji, the journal is supported by the University of Iowa’s Department of Classics and MFA program in Literary Translation. 

Ancient Exchanges as a journal with a global perspective. We welcome submissions of translations from all languages, and particularly encourage submissions that prioritize the literary over the literal: translations that are contemporary and poetic, rhetorically arresting, aesthetically delightful, creative, adaptive, transformative, innovative, experimental, and multi-modal.  

Ancient Exchanges

We accept visual art and other non-textual media engaging with the practice of translating ancient literatures. Submit photos or scans in .jpg format with specified naming conventions and include an artist's bio and statement relating the work to antiquity or translation.

Visual art engaging with antiquity and translation practice.

Visual Art Submissions

For creative essays, reviews, interviews, or other writing forms related to Ancient Exchanges interests but not translation or pedagogy, please query before submitting with a brief project description.

Writing relevant to Ancient Exchanges interests outside of translation and pedagogy; query required before submission.

Nonfiction Writing

General length guidelines for submissions: poetry up to 7 short poems or 200 lines; prose up to 1000 words; drama up to 200 lines; essays, interviews, reviews up to 2000 words; art up to 3 stand-alone pieces or a series of no more than 10 images.

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