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Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
REGULAR SUBMISSION. We love stories that share a new perspective, keep us awake at night, or otherwise pluck at our heartstrings. Micro Issue Submission: We're looking for polished fiction of up to 500 words.
literary
experimental
lgbtq
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
REGULAR SUBMISSION. Submit your personal essays, investigations, and counternarratives. We want to hear a strong voice full of local color. Ultimately, we want nonfiction that moves from an individual’s unique experience to greater universal resonance. Micro Issue Submission: Send us your essays, your memoirs, and your investigations of up to 500 words.
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
REGULAR SUBMISSION. We are moved more by an aesthetic than by any particular trend or fashion in the world of contemporary poetry. We like beauty, music, and a personal interpretation of poetic forms. Micro Issue Submission: Submit up to five poems of ten lines or less.
Art
Max pieces: 5
REGULAR SUBMISSION. Our art is published alongside literary work, and as such, we want images that speak to Arkana’s mission and aesthetic. Painting, sculpture, photography, needlepoint, or any type of visual art is welcome. Micro Issue Submission: Photographs or images to be published alongside literary work. Photographs and images should speak to Arkana's mission and aesthetic.
Photography
Max pieces: 5
See "Art".
Translations
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Required: Original publication information Confirm publication rights are available If the piece is in the public domain, please let us know
Comics
REGULAR SUBMISSION. Illustrated Narrative: We consider anything that combines words with visuals in a way that pushes the boundaries of form and storytelling. This includes works of fiction, nonfiction, comic strips, poetry comics, or otherwise. Micro Issue Submission: please submit four panels or less of an illustrated narrative.
Play
Max pieces: 1
REGULAR SUBMISSION. Scripts: We’re committed to publishing genres not often featured in literary journals. Whether it’s a 10-minute play or a scene from a screenplay, we’re looking for polished scripts with compelling character motivation and innovative use of dialogue. No more than 20 pages per submission. Micro Issue Submission: Please submit scripts for the stage or screen that would last, if performed, five minutes or less.
Magazine
Founded in 2016 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Kathy M. Bates
Editor-in-Chief
Carrie Lee South
Fiction Editor
Janet Holmes Uchendu
Poetry Editor
Melanie A. Wilson
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Thomas E. Moran
Script Editor
Sydney Austin
Illustrated Narrative Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
17
Average acceptance rate
10%
Average response time
435 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
1288/9 days
Fastest response time
3 days
Slowest response time
1288 days