Call for Submissions: Conclave

We are now accepting submissions for the next issue of Conclave.

The world is changing at a speed unprecedented in human history. Inevitably, some people find themselves outside the mainstream, living on the fringes, isolated by one factor or another. A world of complexity and change highlights the need to understand and write about the outliers, embracing rather than deploring the differences between us.

In this issue, we hope to publish a wide range of outliers, genre-bending work that challenges expectations, focused on originality and emphasizing the need for universal respect. The common thread should be compassion, tolerance, and empathy for the full spectrum of human experience. Whatever your sex, race, orientation, religion, country of origin—send us your work. We want to read it. Help us see what has not been seen before.

Send your submissions here.

Submission Guidelines: We are an environmentally conscious journal and only accept submissions through Submittable.

Format and Length. Poetry: Submit 1-3 original, unpublished poems, in a single document, each poem on a separate page, no longer than 10 pages total.

Short Fiction: Submit 1 story, no longer than 5000 words.

Creative Nonfiction: Submit one work, no longer than 5000 words.

Unclassifiable: No longer than 2000 words. You are welcome to submit more than once, but each submission must be a separate file uploaded to Submittable. Put your name and contact information not he first page of your submission file, but not not he other pages. Give your file a name that includes the title of your submission (or one of the poems in it). Do not include your name in the file name for your submission.

We follow a “blind” reading system: our editors read all submissions without knowing who wrote them. Use Times New Roman 12 pt. for the text of your submission. Single-space your poems; double space between stanzas. Double-space prose manuscripts.

Include a 75-word bio written in third person, providing specific information about your writing life and your previous publishing credits. Do not submit work previously published—in print or online—including work posted on personal websites or social network websites. If your work can be found searching Google, we consider it published. If you have questions, please visit our website, or email:

wbernhardtATconclaveDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Acceptance for publication conveys First North American Serial Rights, first-print publication rights, and the right to post work accepted for publication on the Conclave website. Rights revert to the author upon publication.