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.