Another Chicago Magazine

We are looking for nonfiction in any form (essay, lists, diary entries, notes) about Ukraine and Ukrainians, with the Russian invasion in the foreground or background. Open now through June 30, 2026.

We are currently looking for pieces on pressing and timely topics, including immigration, DEI, layoffs, and the affordability crisis. We seek memoir, reported essays, braided essays, collages, vignettes, extremely literary journalism, oral history, meditations. Political in the largest sense. Up to…

We welcome excerpts from books, collections, and anthologies forthcoming from independent presses, seeking both poetry and prose. Open now through June 30, 2026.

We seek reviews of books published by small and university presses, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and other nonfiction, using a political/analytical lens. Open now through June 30, 2026.

We welcome translations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama (including excerpts from novels or from full-length plays). Submit the original text along with your translation. Open now through June 30, 2026.

Open to: Must be Palestinian or part of the Palestinian diaspora

We are looking for creative work in all genres by Palestinian writers and artists, including people who are part of the Palestinian diaspora. Open now through June 30, 2026.

We read all styles of poetry, tending toward experimental and/or sonically driven work. Submit 3-5 poems, no more than 7 pages. Open now through June 30, 2026.

We seek original stories that are preferably under 5,000 words. Please submit no more than one story at a time. Currently closed; last window was open through June 30, 2026.