The winner of our contests will receive automatic publication in the next magazine! Make sure to read the submission guidelines before submitting.
Fall 2025 Contests
Editor’s Choice:
All pieces submitted for general publication will also automatically be considered for Editor’s Choice. The winner will be featured as the first page in our Fall 2025 issue and receive $50. Deadline: September 24, 2025
Cover Contest:
All artwork submitted for general publication will also automatically be considered for the cover contest in the magazine. The winner will receive $50 Deadline: September 24, 2025
Spring 2025 Contests
Editor’s Choice:
All pieces submitted for general publication will also automatically be considered for the editor’s choice contest. The winner will be featured as the first page in our Spring 2025 issue. Deadline: February 18, 2025
Spring 2025 Winner: Every Modern Chinese American Poem by Lucas Kirkland
Cover Contest:
All artwork submitted for general publication will also automatically be considered for the cover contest in the magazine. The winner will receive $40 in art supplies!!! Deadline: February 18, 2025
Spring 2025 Winner: Al Wakhra Alley by John Katial
Past Years
2024 Contests
Fall 2024 Cover Contest:
Submit your artwork for consideration. The winner gets $40 in art supplies! Deadline: October 16, 2024
Halloween Contest:
Submit Halloween-themed artwork, poetry, and prose. Deadline: October 16, 2024
Spring 2024 Valentine’s Contest:
The deadline for the Valentine’s contest is Mar. 18!
“And say, it’s crazy. Falling. You see? We don’t say ‘rising into love.’ There is in it, the idea of the fall.”
— Alan Watts
2023 Contests
Halloween 2023:
“What do you call a bad miracle?”
— OJ Haywood, NOPE
Valentine’s 2023:
“You can’t just sit there and put everyone’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love.”
— The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2022 Contests
Halloween 2022:
“I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.”
— Neil Gaiman
Valentine’s 2022:
“Each time you happen to me all over again.”
— Edith Wharton
2021 Contests
Halloween 2021:
“Are you afraid of the dark?”
— The X-Files
Valentine’s 2021:
“Love isn’t perfect. It’s messy, it’s hard, but that’s what makes it worth it.”
— The Fault in Our Stars
2020 Contests
Halloween 2020:
“The best way to scare someone is to make them think they are safe.”
— The Haunting of Hill House
Valentine’s 2020:
“I would rather be a mess with you than a perfect person without you.”
— Me Before You