Arkana

Open to: Writers must be unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas; University of Central Arkansas graduates must wait five years before submitting.

Thought-provoking fiction with new perspectives, visceral reactions, and deeper emotional truth; micro-issue prose is up to 500 words. Submissions are accepted year-round, though graduate students read during the school year and responses take longer over the summer.

Open to: Writers must be unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas; University of Central Arkansas graduates must wait five years before submitting.

Personal essays, investigations, and counternarratives with a strong voice, local color, and universal resonance; micro-issue prose is up to 500 words. Submissions are accepted year-round, though graduate students read during the school year and responses take longer over the summer.

Open to: Writers must be unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas; University of Central Arkansas graduates must wait five years before submitting.

Scripts for the stage or screen with compelling character motivation and innovative dialogue; micro-issue submissions may be up to 5 minutes, while general guidance also mentions 10-minute plays and screenplay scenes. Submissions are accepted year-round, though graduate students read during the school year and responses take longer over the summer.

Open to: Writers must be unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas; University of Central Arkansas graduates must wait five years before submitting.

Hybrid work that pushes the boundaries of form, genre, and style through experimentation and play. Submissions are accepted year-round, though graduate students read during the school year and responses take longer over the summer.

Open to: Writers must be unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas; University of Central Arkansas graduates must wait five years before submitting.

Translated work in any form, especially poetry, new approaches to translation, underrepresented languages, and authors not previously published in translation. Submissions are accepted year-round, though graduate students read during the school year and responses take longer over the summer.

Open to: Writers must be unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas; University of Central Arkansas graduates must wait five years before submitting.

Poetry with beauty, music, aesthetic distinctiveness, and a personal interpretation of poetic forms; up to three poems per submission, with each poem up to 10 lines. Submissions are accepted year-round, though graduate students read during the school year and responses take longer over the summer.