Allium

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Allium is a Columbia College Chicago literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and experimental prose and hybrid work online and in print.

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Nov 13

Fiction submissions reopen November 13, 2026. Allium seeks narrative risk and diverse perspectives; submissions are read November through February. Maximum 3,750 words or fifteen pages.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Nov 13

Nonfiction, creative nonfiction, craft essays, and hybrid prose submissions reopen November 13, 2026. Allium seeks narratives with a through-line, segmented essays, and experimental lyric, graphic, photographic, and mosaic essays. Submissions are read November through February; maximum 3,750 words or fifteen pages.

poetryLiteraryOpens Nov 13

Poetry submissions reopen November 13, 2026. Submit a maximum of five poems, up to seven total pages, with no more than one poem per page. Submissions are read November through February.

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