The Markaz Review
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last checkedThe Markaz Review is a nonprofit international publication focused on creative inquiry, criticism, and dialogue about the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.
Submission calls
The MIS/TRANSLATION theme issue invites fiction about translation, mistranslation, and unexpected worlds opened through cultural or linguistic crossing. The submission window closes November 20, 2026.
The MIS/TRANSLATION theme issue seeks works in translation and especially writing about translation, including translator’s notes, essays, and creative nonfiction. The submission window closes November 20, 2026.
The MIS/TRANSLATION theme issue invites poetry in translation or about translation, including what gets lost, found, distorted, or invented in crossing. The submission window closes November 20, 2026.
Open to: Writing must be from or about the Middle East, North Africa, or Southwest Asia.
Year-round submissions include essays, feature articles, memoir, translations, creative nonfiction, reviews, profiles, interviews, and opinion columns. Essays, features, reviews, profiles, and interviews are 1,000–3,000 words; opinion columns are 750–1,500 words. Queries are encouraged.
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