Barzakh will begin accepting original art, poetry, and prose submissions for our Winter 2025 issue on October 1st! We will be open for submissions from October 1st to December 1st, 2024. We can't wait to read/ see what you send us!
Please see the guidelines below to learn how to submit, and please see our submission page for other guidelines, including information about copyright and submitting your work through snail mail.
A note about submission fees
If it's within your means, please submit using the "Tip Jar" submission form below. We have very few "Non-Tip-Jar" submissions available at this time, and when they are used up, only tip-jar submissions will remain open.
In either case, we can't wait to read/ see your work!
Barzakh is currently accepting original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art submissions from September 15 - November 15, 2025.
Spring 2026 - YEARNING
For this issue, we want to know the stuff you daydream about. If you could pick one thing, and only one, to have right now, what would it be? Would you choose to return to the house you grew up in, or spend time with your childhood best friend? Do you yearn for your future dream job, that one city you have always wanted to visit, or the feeling of accomplishment you have yet to experience? Maybe, your biggest desire at the moment is simply to lay on the couch after a long workday with your favorite drink and your favorite movie. Nothing is too insignificant; nothing is out of reach.
Genre-specific Guidelines:
- Fiction – Please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including up to 6000 words total (one long piece or multiple shorter pieces).
- Creative Nonfiction – Please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including up to 6000 words total (one long piece or multiple shorter pieces).
- Poetry – Please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including up to 3 poems.
- Visual Art – Please upload up to six image files (IMG, PNG, TIF, etc.). Please include an image list that includes the title, size, medium/ materials, and year of each piece you submit.
- Multigenre/ Hybrid/ Digital Work – If the submission is text-based, please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including as many as six hybrid pieces. If the submission is image-based, please upload as many as six image files (IMG, PNG, TIF, etc.). If you'd like these pieces to be considered for our visual-art section, please include an image list that includes the title, size, medium, and year of each piece you submit.
For other guidelines, including information about copyright and submitting through snail mail, please see our submission page.
Barzakh is currently accepting original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art submissions from September 15 - November 15, 2025.
Spring 2026 - YEARNING
For this issue, we want to know the stuff you daydream about. If you could pick one thing, and only one, to have right now, what would it be? Would you choose to return to the house you grew up in, or spend time with your childhood best friend? Do you yearn for your future dream job, that one city you have always wanted to visit, or the feeling of accomplishment you have yet to experience? Maybe, your biggest desire at the moment is simply to lay on the couch after a long workday with your favorite drink and your favorite movie. Nothing is too insignificant; nothing is out of reach.
Genre-specific Guidelines:
- Fiction – Please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including up to 6000 words total (one long piece or multiple shorter pieces).
- Creative Nonfiction – Please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including up to 6000 words total (one long piece or multiple shorter pieces).
- Poetry – Please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including up to 3 poems.
- Visual Art – Please upload up to six image files (IMG, PNG, TIF, etc.). Please include an image list that includes the title, size, medium/ materials, and year of each piece you submit.
- Multigenre/ Hybrid/ Digital Work – If the submission is text-based, please upload one text file (DOCX, PDF, RTF, etc.) including as many as six hybrid pieces. If the submission is image-based, please upload as many as six image files (IMG, PNG, TIF, etc.). If you'd like these pieces to be considered for our visual-art section, please include an image list that includes the title, size, medium, and year of each piece you submit.
For other guidelines, including information about copyright and submitting through snail mail, please see our submission page.