Monday, July 31, 2023

Call for Submissions: Open: Journal of Arts & Letters

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters will consider submissions of previously unpublished original work in flash fiction, creative nonfiction as essay or memoir, poetry in all styles and genres, as well as submissions of prose, poetry, and drama as audio or video files. Academic articles, craft essays, book reviews, art/gallery reviews, music reviews, arts collaborations, and interviews with artists, musicians, photographers, poets, videographers, writers, and others will also be considered. Open: Journal of Arts & Letters will also consider queries for long fiction suitable for serial publication.

Buttonhook Press considers submissions for publication as broadsides, pamphlets, chapbooks, and works suitable for KDP release based on its published calls for submissions or by direct solicitation.

HOT BUTTON PRESS (Contemporary Issues) will issue specialized or themed calls for submissions.

How to Submit:

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters and Buttonhook Press, and now HOT BUTTON PRESS (Contemporary Issues) will accept submissions only through an electronic Submissions Manager. Send submissions for the categories listed or send an entry to any specific Contest. Submissions must be in one of the following file formats: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf, .mp3, .mp4, .mov, and .flv.

Reading Periods:

Unsolicited submissions may be sent at any time, year-round.

Simultaneous Submissions:

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters Buttonhook Press, and now HOT BUTTON PRESS (Contemporary Issues) accept simultaneous submissions. Submitters should immediately notify Open: Journal of Arts & Letters through the messaging feature of the submission system if work under consideration by Open: Journal of Arts & Letters is accepted elsewhere.

Response Times:

Response times vary from one to twelve OR MORE weeks.

Submissions Fees:

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters considers 100 unsolicited fee-free submissions per month distributed across all fee-free categories. After 100 unsolicited fee-free submissions have been received, submissions close in all categories until the first day of the following month.

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters occasionally conducts contests for writers and artists. There are always fees associated with O:JA&L contests.

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters is a magazine with the ambition of popularizing good literary and artistic work. Open: Journal of Arts & Letters desires to connect our audience members to our artists. Open: Journal of Arts & Letters is committed to publishing debut and emerging writers and artists as well as those already established.

EXPEDITED EVALUATION OPTION: Expedited evaluation of unsolicited submissions is available for a fee of $5 USD. Expedited evaluation encourages a 72-hour response by the O:JA&L editors. CAVEAT: O:JA&L publishes 1% of unsolicited submissions. NOTE: EXPEDITED EVALUATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: PROSE SUBMISSIONS OF 1001-10,000 WORDS, DRAMA SUBMISSIONS, AND SCREEN PLAYS.

Payments to submitters:

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters is strongly committed to promoting our artists’ works and maintains a varied, sustained, and powerful social media program to serve that end. At present, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters offers no payment to contributors.

For more information and to submit, visit our website.

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