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Arkana

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Arkana is the online lit mag of the Arkansas Writers MFA Program. We publish writing and art that makes visible the marginalized, overlooked, and silent.

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Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
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134 days*
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Acceptance rate: /
11.21%*
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Accepts simultaneous submissions
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When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
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When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
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Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 4000 words max

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental, LGBTQ+ Stories

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.

Nonfiction - 4000 words max

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.

Translation

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

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".

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.

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.

How to submit

Processs
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Cover letter
Cover letter with a brief biographical statement
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
double-spaced prose
Author's rights
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Additional info
We publish work by established and emerging writers unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas. All our writers’ work is considered for $50 Editors’ Choice Awards in each genre. Limit 1 submission per genre until you’ve received a response. While we accept submissions year-round, please note that our graduate students read during the school year, so you will experience longer response times over the summer. We are especially interested in work that explores the identities and experiences of writers from the Delta region, BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, and neurodivergent writers, the resource-poor, writers over 50, those who have experienced or been impacted by incarceration, or anyone whose voices have traditionally been silenced.

Tracker statistics

Total submissions tracked

134 days

Average response time

11.21%

Average acceptance rate

3 days

Fastest response time

457 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1288 days

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13.33%

12-month average acceptance rate

141 days

12-month average response time

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About

Arkana is the graduate-run literary journal of the University of Central Arkansas. This online literary magazine launched its inaugural issue in November 2016. Our publication is staffed and edited by students in the Arkansas Writers’ MFA Program and accepts submissions from artists worldwide. As p...

Founded

2016

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arkanamag.org

Masthead

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