VOLTA
Not currently open for submissions.
Last checkedVOLTA is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, and visual art during biannual reading periods.
Response time info: 2-3 months
Read the full guidelines at voltamagazine.org↗Submission calls
Fiction under 7,500 words; send one piece at a time, or up to three very short pieces under 1,000 words each. Excerpts from longer works are welcome if they can stand alone. Submissions are currently closed; VOLTA accepts work during the Winter Reading Period (February–March) and Summer Reading Period (June–July).
Publishes personal essays, literary criticism, cultural criticism, travel writing, and environmental writing; limit of 3,000 words. Submissions are currently closed; VOLTA accepts work during the Winter Reading Period (February–March) and Summer Reading Period (June–July).
Original, unpublished translations of literary works from any language into English; include the original-language text and source. Limit of 6,000 words of prose or six poems. Submissions are currently closed; VOLTA accepts work during the Winter Reading Period (February–March) and Summer Reading Period (June–July).
Poems of any length; send no more than six poems at once. Submissions are currently closed; VOLTA accepts work during the Winter Reading Period (February–March) and Summer Reading Period (June–July).
Similar markets seeking submissions
- 100 Word StoryLiterary
- C&R Press Poetry Book AwardLiterary
- Sad Girl ZineLiterary
- Hot Flash LiteraryLiterary
- American Literary ReviewLiterary
- Carmen et ErrorLiterary
Browse more: short fiction markets, poetry markets, nonfiction markets, literary markets, literary poetry markets, literary nonfiction markets