mojo is the online literary journal of Wichita State University. We’re dedicated to the revolution of literary spaces—the breaking of conventions, the exploration of provocation, the inclusion of all voices. Established, emerging, or identities often marginalized by our

Bring on your off-the-wall, genre-mixing, mad-scientist-experimentation of the written word. Bring on your wildest imaginings of just how far you can push form, structure, the foundation of human moments and what it means to share them. Bring on your best. We don’t sacrifice quality for novelty. The best way to see what we’re interested in? Read our past issues.

As for the logistics:

We accept fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, published in the Fall and Spring. All selected work is considered for the annual edition of Mikrokosmos—our print journal that has published for over fifty years, featuring work from William S. Burroughs, Charles Plymell, and William Stafford, among others.

Now, give us something to read—we want to revolt. 

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Fiction: We are interested in stories that excite us with innovation in form, structure, and language; above all, we’re looking for stories that connect us, touch us, and revolutionize our worlds. Experimental or not, please send us a manuscript of under 6,000 words. If you’re submitting flash fiction, include up to three stories in a single document.
Poetry: We are interested in poems that blur contemporary styles with traditional modes, poems that light up with raw energy but point in a specific direction, and poems that push through leaps of image and gesture but resound with a strong emotional core. Above all, we enjoy poems that are willing to take risks while maintaining clarity of expression. Send up to 4 poems or 8 pages maximum, all in one document. If you have a single long poem that exceeds 8 pages, we welcome you to submit it as an exception to the page-limit rule and as the totality of your submission.
Nonfiction: We enjoy creative nonfiction pieces that embrace the tactics of fiction but don’t shy away from the innovative and the experimental—in fact, we’re rather interested in what you can show us—but keep in mind we’re looking for engaging nonfiction stories, not journalism or academic essays. Submissions should not exceed 6,000 words.
Artwork: We publish all forms of visual artwork, including but not limited to photography, painting, and drawing.
Everyone is welcome to submit to Mojo (online).

Mojo (International Online Journal)

Fiction: We are interested in stories that excite us with innovation in form, structure, and language; above all, we’re looking for stories that connect us, touch us, and revolutionize our worlds. Experimental or not, please send us a manuscript of under 6,000 words. If you’re submitting flash fiction, include up to three stories in a single document.
Poetry: We are interested in poems that blur contemporary styles with traditional modes, poems that light up with raw energy but point in a specific direction, and poems that push through leaps of image and gesture but resound with a strong emotional core. Above all, we enjoy poems that are willing to take risks while maintaining clarity of expression. Send up to 4 poems or 8 pages maximum, all in one document. If you have a single long poem that exceeds 8 pages, we welcome you to submit it as an exception to the page-limit rule and as the totality of your submission.
Nonfiction: We enjoy creative nonfiction pieces that embrace the tactics of fiction but don’t shy away from the innovative and the experimental—in fact, we’re rather interested in what you can show us—but keep in mind we’re looking for engaging nonfiction stories, not journalism or academic essays. Submissions should not exceed 6,000 words.
Artwork: We publish all forms of visual artwork, including but not limited to photography, painting, and drawing.

Mikroskosmos Literary Journal (print) only accepts submissions from Wichita State University students, faculty, and alumni. All other submissions should be submitted through Mojo (online).

Mikrokosmos Literary Journal (Wichita State University Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Only)

General call

Mojo Online Literary Journal publishes international submissions at mikrokosmosjournal.com. If you are affiliated or have been affiliated with Wichita State University, please see our Mikrokosmos submissions! See you there!
We want to see art that is driven and art that drives. Show us fear, love, loss, redemption, and passion in brush brushstrokes and contours. Give us a fleeing moment captured or truth in a landscape. We are accepting paintings, drawings, photography, and all mediums which can be rendered visually. Unfortunately, we can't support audio or video for our print journal, but we welcome all visual art. Send up to 5 pieces for us to review.
In the appropriate field of the submission manager please include your contact information: your name and email. A brief bio is welcomed, but optional. Do not withdraw the entire submission if one or more of your pieces are still available. If you have a piece accepted or published elsewhere, please add a note to your submission to let us know which must be withdrawn from consideration.
Please indicate the medium, size of the piece, and the piece's name in your bio.

Regular Submission: Art (Wichita State University Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni)

The Mikrokosmos team is excited to announce our 2025-2026 Mikrokosmos Fiction and Poetry Contest. We are looking for fiction and poetry from alumni, students, teachers, and staff of Wichita State University. Our top three submissions from both genres will be printed in Mikrokosmos Volume 72 and receive prize money based on their placement by our guest judges. It costs nothing to submit, but we will ask that you tell us how you are affiliated with Wichita State in your bio. Guidelines are listed below, as well as prize money and brief bios of our two judges, Michael Prior (poetry) and Brian Druckenmiller (fiction). General submissions may be resubmitted as contest submissions, but please identify if your submission you've submitted it previously during this cycle (Fall 2025). The following prizes will be awarded to both fiction and poetry independently:
First Place Prize: $200
Second Place Prize: $100
Third Place Prize: $50
Fiction: We are interested in stories that excite us with innovation in form, structure, and language; above all, we’re looking for stories that connect us, touch us, and revolutionize our worlds. Experimental or not, please send us a manuscript of under 6,000 words. If you’re submitting flash fiction, include up to three stories in a single document.
Poetry: We are interested in poems that blur contemporary styles with traditional modes, poems that light up with raw energy but point in a specific direction, and poems that push through leaps of image and gesture but resound with a strong emotional core. Above all, we enjoy poems that are willing to take risks while maintaining clarity of expression. Send up to 4 poems or 8 pages maximum, all in one document. If you have a single long poem that exceeds 8 pages, we welcome you to submit it as an exception to the page-limit rule and as the totality of your submission.
Our guest judges are Brian Druckenmiller for Fiction and Michael Prior for Poetry:
We are ecstatic to introduce Brian Druckenmiller as our esteemed Fiction Judge!

We are delighted to introduce Michael Prior as our amazing Poetry Judge!

MOJO / Mikrokosmos Literary Journal

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