For our last quarterly issue of the year, we are looking for stories that confront the blank page, stories inspired by the spirit of the Unwritten. This issue asks us to consider the words we write, the paths we take, our choices in this still-unfolding narrative called life. It also asks what it means when the future feels unclear, when everything feels like it could be anything?
Send us fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, visual art, and hybrid works that explore that explore this theme of self-discovery, reinvention, transformation, the undefined.
Deadline: 31st October 2025
Submission guidelines:
- All submissions for the quarterly issue should be submitted to:
The email subject line should read Genre: Lastname (e.g. Poetry: Angelou).
- We DO NOT accept multiple submissions. Please submit to one genre only.
- For fiction and nonfiction, submit max. 5000 words of prose.
- For poetry, submit max. 3 poems in a single document.
- For photography and visual art, submit max. 5 images in JPEG or PNG format and include a brief note detailing the concept and relevance of your work. Only submit work that you still retain the rights to. We DO NOT accept AI-generated images or artwork.
- For prose (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry, we DO NOT publish previously published works (by this, we mean any piece that has appeared on the web or in print, including your personal blog). However, we will consider a translated version of the work if the original language wasn’t English. For photography and visual art, we may publish works that have been previously published, posted, or exhibited as long as the artist still retains the rights.
- We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere so that we can withdraw it from consideration.
- Submission fees and payment of contributors: We DO NOT charge submission fees. All submissions are free of charge.
- Isele Magazine pays all its contributors a modest token.
- Rights: Isele Magazine requests the first serial rights of your published piece. However, all rights will revert to you after publication. If your work is republished elsewhere, please indicate that it previously appeared in Isele Magazine.
The Isele Prizes
All accepted submissions are automatically considered for The Isele Prizes.
Deadline: 31st October 2025
We will respond to every submission no later than two months from the submission deadline. If you have not heard from us within two months, please feel free to send a query to:
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