Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Image is a literary quarterly that publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction engaging substantially with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.

Response time info: up to six months

Read the full guidelines at imagejournal.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: $3.50Pays: $25 per published page, with a minimum payment of $100 and maximum of $400, plus four copies.

Open to: Work must include a sustained engagement with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam; previously published or AI-assisted writing is not accepted.

Fiction has a 6,000-word maximum and should reflect a sustained engagement with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. Please include a word count at the top of the document.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: $3.50Pays: $25 per published page, with a minimum payment of $100 and maximum of $400, plus four copies.

Open to: Work must include a sustained engagement with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam; previously published or AI-assisted writing is not accepted.

Most essays are 2,000–5,000 words, with a 6,000-word maximum. The journal seeks memoir, personal essays, and externally focused literary essays, but not scholarly or academic essays; all work must engage with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: $3.50Pays: $25 per published page, plus four copies.

Open to: Work must approach its subject from a spiritual or theological angle and engage with religious faith; previously published or AI-assisted writing is not accepted.

The God In All Things call seeks crafted, literary essays about sports, science and nature, food, travel, and the outdoors approached from a spiritual or theological angle. Most essays are 3,000–5,000 words, with some flexibility.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: $3.50Pays: $25 per published page, plus four copies.

Open to: Work must approach contemporary arts from a spiritual or theological angle and engage with religious faith; previously published or AI-assisted writing is not accepted.

The Spiritually Attuned Criticism call seeks crafted essays about contemporary music, film, theater, and dance approached from a spiritual or theological angle. Most essays are 3,000–5,000 words, with some flexibility.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: $3.50Pays: $3 per line, with a minimum payment of $100 and maximum of $400, plus four copies.

Open to: Work must include a sustained engagement with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam; previously published or AI-assisted writing is not accepted.

Submit no more than five poems. All work must sustain an engagement with Judaism, Christianity, or Islam, and the journal does not accept AI-assisted writing.

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