Spring 2027 - Community

Belonging, safety, reciprocity—these are words we think define community. Or maybe you have other thoughts. Does reciprocity come with conditions? What happens when we question our communities? What strains these relationships? Can community sustain critique? For this issue, send us your best work focusing on community, and show us what community means to you.

Submissions Guidelines

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 three hybrid pieces (no more than 3000 words). 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, please see our submission page.