a semi-annual journal of literature and visual art attending to the force and friction of religion, spirituality, and belief within contemporary experience

While its interest is in matters of faith, LETTERS defines “faith” in terms that are at once broad and particular. On one hand, we believe that art need not be denominational or doctrinal to be faithful. Neither is faithful art obligated to describe or discuss God (though it certainly can). On the other hand, we believe that faithful art is sincere, open to ambiguities, and committed to what both grounds and transcends human life. We publish work that ranges from deep conviction to difficult doubt. Above all, we seek work that rings of the true, the beautiful, and the virtuous.

LETTERS Journal

LETTERS is a semi-annual literary journal that engages religion, spirituality, and belief within contemporary experience. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
For creative nonfiction, submit one work of up to 5,000 words. Note: we do not seek book reviews, academic essays, or newspaper-style journalism.
Works of prose should be double-spaced and in a standard, 12-point font. Number your pages and include your contact information in a heading on the first page.

NONFICTION

LETTERS is a semi-annual literary journal that engages religion, spirituality, and belief within contemporary experience. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
For fiction submissions, please submit one work of short fiction of up to 5,000 words. Works of prose should be double-spaced and in a standard, 12-point font. Number your pages and include your contact information in a heading on the first page.

FICTION

LETTERS is a semi-annual literary journal that engages religion, spirituality, and belief within contemporary experience(s). We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
For poetry submissions, please submit up to ten pages of poems. Save all poems in one document with each poem starting on a new page in a standard twelve-point font. Include your contact information on the first page of your submission.

POETRY

LETTERS is a semi-annual literary journal that engages religion, spirituality, and belief within contemporary experience. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
For visual arts submissions, we accept up to three images, saved as high-quality JPEG files. We prefer two-dimensional media and publish one cover image per issue.

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