Portland Community College’s long-running literary journal is accepting submissions until Sunday, May 3rd, 2026.

We accept all genres and topics! Don’t know what to write about? Try one of these pre-packaged themes!

Memory

Connection

Ancestry

Change

Groundedness

Wholeness

We encourage writers of marginalized communities and minority identities to apply. While we aim to highlight the Portland area and particularly the experiences of the Portland Community College student body, anyone is welcome to submit. 

TIMELINE

We publish one issue a year.

Our submission period for 2026 will be open April 10 – May 3.
We will respond by the first week of May.
This year’s issue will publish early June.

GENRES ACCEPTED

We are accepting submissions of previously unpublished work in the following forms:

• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Visual art

LANGUAGES

We only accept works written in or translated by the original author into English. With translated works, we will print one or both versions of the work per the author’s request. 

MULTIPLE AND SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS

We accept multiple submissions within our open period. However, we will only publish one prose piece or three poems from the same author.

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us immediately if your piece has been accepted elsewhere. 

SIZE LIMITS AND FORMATS

For prose, we accept pieces of up to 3000 words. 

For visual art, the file should be between 1500 x 1500 and 2100 x 2100 pixels.

Using standard manuscript format is strongly recommended.

THE SO-CALLED GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Get that shit out of here. We do not accept pieces with any AI involvement. 

WHERE TO SUBMIT

Submit via our Google Form: 2026 SUBMISSIONS

You have the option to add an author bio and other identifying information about yourself in the form.