High Desert Journal is a forum for literary, visual, and journalistic artists to contribute a deeper understanding of the landscape and people of the interior West. We pay $25/poem, $50/essay or story, and $150 to our featured artist.
We accept work ONLY from residents of the interior West (they can be working with ANY theme”) or from anyone living OUTSIDE of this region CREATING WITH an element or theme of the interior West.
What exactly does this mean?
And where is the high desert and interior West?
Simply put, we consider the high desert and interior West to cover eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, all of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, and the eastern parts of California (those east of the Sierras). Sorry, but the Pacific coast, San Diego, L.A., San Francisco, up to Portland and Seattle are not part of our region.
We accept poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoirs, books reviews, essays, interviews and visual arts. You may submit up to three poems; a maximum of 5,000 words of fiction or nonfiction; up to 3,000 words of interview, memoir, and essays, and up to 10 slides or digital images of artwork.
Deadline: September 1, 2021
We use Submittable and charge a $3.00 submission fee to defray the costs.
However, in the spirit of inclusion and fairness, and a knowledge of the widening technological gap for many low-income and minority populations, HDJ will also happily accept fee-free submissions through the postal service so that people who are incarcerated, suffering economic hardship, or those without easy access to the Internet are still able to send work.
All manuscripts and all correspondence regarding submission should be sent to our physical address and accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for a response. As with emailed submissions, we will adhere strictly to posted dates and any mailed submission postmarked outside the listed submission periods will be recycled unread. Submissions sent within the United States may be posted to the editor of the appropriate genre, at the following address:
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