Pictura Journal will appear online in April, August, and December. Submissions are always open, and we’ll do our best to respond within three weeks. If you don’t hear back from us within that period, please feel free to follow up.
We offer a token payment of $5 (USD) per contributor, paid to the Paypal (preferred), Cash App, or Venmo account you provide on the submission form. We’ll do our best to find alternate means of payment if necessary, but we can’t make any guarantees. The small payment amount isn’t reflective of the quality of contributor work—it’s just what we can afford with our current funding.
We’re currently reading for our August issue, beginning with work submitted on February 10.
guidelines
The Basics
We encourage simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw any pieces that are accepted elsewhere. Submissions in multiple genres are also accepted.
Do not send us any of the following: work that could reasonably be deemed offensive, including work containing graphic violence, abusive behavior, themes and language expressing hatred for any marginalized identity. We will never knowingly publish AI-generated work.
If you’re uncomfortable with your work appearing in an inclusive publication, we’re not the place for you.
We accept international submissions, but written work must be in English.
Include a brief third-person bio with each submission. Cover letters are welcome but optional. Do not put your name or identifying information anywhere within the file name or the document itself. If we accept your work, please skip an issue before submitting again. If we decline your submission, you may submit different pieces after six months.
We currently accept previously published work with a few conditions: you must have the rights and let us know where it was originally published, and the work can’t have appeared online or in print within the past 24 months. We don’t consider work posted only on personal blogs or social media accounts “previously published.”
Upon acceptance, creators of unpublished work grant Pictura Journal exclusive first serial rights and the right to archive that work online. If your submission has already been published elsewhere, you agree to grant us reprint and archival rights.
All accepted work may be nominated for prizes when possible unless the contributor directs us otherwise.
the specifics
We currently accept submissions through Duosuma. We no longer consider email submissions without prior arrangement.
Poetry
Send up to five poems in one document, with each poem starting on a new page. We prefer free verse, each poem no more than two pages long, and can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to replicate any special visual structure.
Prose
Send one or two pieces of fiction or creative nonfiction, each no longer than 1,500 words. Excerpts of longer works are fine, but they must make sense on their own.
Artwork
Send up to three pieces of visual art, in the highest resolution possible. Artwork currently appears online only.
Expedited Responses
General submissions are always free, but a donation of at least $3 will guarantee a response within three days. You’ll see an option to provide payment on the submission form.
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