submissions are open
have a story you’ve been chewing on? a poem you’ve been mulling? a draft hanging out in the basement, ready to be set free into the world? photography and art that’s ready for a grand entrance? send it to us! abraxas review invites submissions between april 1 - july 1. we love reading work that strikes an intentional, but subtle message—work that haunts us, that keeps us thinking about it after we’ve read it. we seek poetry and prose with arresting emotional impact that’s achieved not by contrived figurative language, but language that surprises while serving a larger purpose. send us your work that is authentic without being performative, that’s experimental without being pretentious, and speaks to the humanity in all of us. challenging genres and pushing boundaries is great fun, but we look for writing that’s inviting and accessible for an everyday reader rather than requiring lengthy explication in order to be understood. get fancy, get weird, have fun—but do it with purpose!
abraxas review publishes once per year in september. we accept submissions for poetry, narrative nonfiction, short fiction, photography, and art.
submission deadline: july 1, 2024
call for submissions for issue 2
theme: dusk
Dusk is the dimming of light, with surroundings still visible but becoming less distinct, as the earth rests into evening. Colors change, the sky burns fiery red, and some creatures bed down as others emerge and begin to croak and sing. There’s a serenity to dusk, an anticipation of the change it brings. Even as it grows darker, dusk brings the hope of morning.
Issue 2 will include works inspired by dusk—whether in poems, essays, stories, and art that take place during literal dusk or that deal with the liminal, the emerging, the afterglow, or themes of uncertainty.
We accept submissions via email only. We currently accept submissions here:
Subject line: In the subject line, please include AUTHOR'S LAST NAME: GENRE (Example - Smith: Poetry).
Body of email: Please include a short bio (100 words or so) in the body of your email written in the third person.
Please include a word count for all prose submissions.
Please do not paste any prose submissions into the body of your email.
All submissions should be attached as .doc or .docx only please. PDFs and Google docs will not be read.
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