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Faultline welcomes previously unpublished submissions of poetry, fiction, and art. Our submission period is October 1st to December 15th. Submissions received at any other time will not be read. To familiarize yourself with the sort of stuff we tend to like here at Faultline, we recommend stopping by our archive page to order one of our glittering issues from years past. We welcome simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere. Please submit through our Submittable.

Submissions for poetry are capped at 250; fiction at 150; no cap for art. Once the cap is reached, submissions will close. We suggest getting your work in as soon as possible.

We hope to respond back to all submissions by late spring 2026. We look forward to reading your work!

ONLINE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*

Poetry:

  • Please submit up to five poems, all in one document, with each poem beginning on a new page
  • Format: default of 12 pt font, but open in the case where font size needs to vary for form. 
  • Please include your name on each page. 
  • This year, we are especially interested in hybrid works or poems that test the bounds of form—things at the brink of rupture and breakage, that test the bounds of the container of poetry. This can be interpreted in a variety of ways and can include but is not limited to work that incorporates archival artifacts, prose, found objects, visual art, and multimodal poetry (we are currently working on publishing our pieces online). And of course, we are always open to traditional forms.

Fiction: 

  • Please send us one short story, up to 20 pages.
  • Format: double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman or Palatino font.
  • Please include your name in the title of the document.
  • In addition to traditional fiction, we are happy to consider creative nonfiction, literary journalism, and fiction in translation. If you are submitting one of these genres, please include it with your name in the title of the document.

Art:

  • Up to five 8 x 10 color or black and white prints (slides may be necessary if work is accepted for publication). We are currently experimenting with a different journal layout, so please feel free to submit your work even if it’s larger than the above specs.

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If you have questions, reach out at ucifaultline@gmail.com