Call for Submissions from Writers in the Upper Midwest: Portage

Portage publishes literary writing, art, music, film, and cultural commentary from the upper Midwest. The goals of Portage are to:

• promote conversation about the diversity offered by the region

• foster growth within the upper Midwestern creative communities

• connect upper Midwestern writers and artists to each other and the larger literary and artistic worlds

• explore what it means to live and create in the upper Midwest

Portage is currently accepting submissions for its second annual issue. Our submission window is from September 1st to December 1st. Submissions received outside this window will not be read. We accept only previously unpublished work. Each page of the submission should include all contact info: name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.

For more information, check out our website.

All submissions should be sent to:

portagemagazineATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

with your name and genre in the subject line (Genre: Last Name, First Name). Please include a brief (50 words or less) third-person bio in the body of your email and if you have a blog or webpage, link to that as well. Responses will be sent out via email. Unfortunately, we do not have the means to pay contributors at this time.