Submission Guidelines

About Place Journal is published twice a year, in spring and fall. A new Call for Submissions is posted twice a year. Please review the current call and follow any specific genres called for in the upcoming issue.

Work can include: 

• Poetry: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 50 lines each. Acceptable file types include doc, docx, odt & rtf. If your poetry submission contains special formatting, we suggest submitting a PDF in addition to your Word doc.
• Fiction, essays, creative nonfiction and other prose: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 4000 words each. Acceptable file types include doc, docx, odt & rtf.
• Audio/Visual/Hybrid artwork: up to 5 photographs, paintings, prints, comics pages, or other forms of A/V art (e.g. video essay, photo essay, spoken word). Acceptable file types include jpg & tif for still art; mp3, m4a, ogg & wav for audio; and avi, flv, m4v, mov, mp4, webm and wmv for video. Please include the size and media of each artwork with your list of works, if applicable. Visual work should not exceed 1275 px in width. Video and audio submissions should not exceed 10 minutes.
• The total number of submitted pieces cannot exceed 5, even if your submission includes items from several genre categories.

Please provide a numbered list with the title of each work you are submitting (1 to 5 works) in the field of the Submittable form where indicated. If you are submitting audio/visual artwork, please include the artwork size and media, if applicable, as part of your list. 

Each submission must be accompanied by a document in doc, docx or rtf format that provides a bio for each collaborator or your group. Bios must be in the third person and not exceed 150 words each. A single artist statement, when relevant, may be included in this document and should also not exceed 150 words. Please include your website, Twitter and Instagram links if desired.

By submitting, you guarantee you hold the rights to the work, and you grant About Place Journal the rights to publish the submitted work with first serial rights (FNASR). After publication, rights revert to the author. Original, previously unpublished work only. All pieces must be submitted through Submittable.