Thank you for your interest in Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts!
We read for our ProForma Contest every spring and for general submissions from late summer. We publish an annual print issue, as well as regularly publishing work online.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as we are immediately notified if the piece has been accepted elsewhere. We do not consider previously published work. We do not consider work from those currently or recently affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. As things stand, we are also not interested in work produced with the aid of generative AI.
Please submit all work in Times New Roman, size 12 font.
For more information on our submission guidelines, please visit: www.gristjournal.com/submissions
Order Grist Issue 19, featuring Pro Forma Contest winner Elisávet Makridis, as well as a wealth of new poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Prices include shipping and tax.
Thank you for your support as we work to showcase the best in contemporary writing and the arts!
We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, or subject matter. Please submit one fiction story of up to 7,000 words.
This year, we are accepting a maximum of 500 fiction submissions.
The staff at Grist considers nonfiction essays, including memoir, lyric essays, short shorts, and experimental forms. We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, or subject matter. Please limit your submission to 7,000 words.
This year, we are accepting a maximum of 150 creative non-fiction submissions.
We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, or subject matter. Please submit 3-5 poems.
This year, we are accepting a maximum of 500 poetry submissions.
Although we are predominately a literary journal, we love to publish original visual art alongside the written work on our website. We pay $10 for each piece of accepted artwork.
What are we looking for? We consider original work by the artist in any medium, including painting, drawing, photography, graphic illustrations, photos of installations or sculptures. Our tastes are wide and varied--we like the weird and abstract, clear and comprehensive. If you make visual art, we want to see it. We are not accepting AI-generated visual art at this time. Guidelines Please submit no more than 5 pieces per submission. Give each image file the correct title as you would like it to appear online, if accepted. Upload as .jpg format, at the highest resolution possible at no more than 100K. Fine Print Our fee is the minimum possible to cover our submittable costs. Copyright Info We hold first serial rights for the material we publish, with the copyright reverting back to the author upon publication. Contact gristeditors@gmail.com
If you're a current subscriber, then you can submit without the $4.00 fee and regardless of submission caps!
We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, or subject matter. Submit one (1) work of non-fiction up to 7,000 words.
Please note that "subscriber" does not mean previous contributor and your subscription must not have run out before time of submission.
If you're a current subscriber, then you can submit without the $4.00 fee and regardless of submission caps!
We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, or subject matter. Submit 3-5 poems.
Please note "subscriber" does not mean previous contributor and your subscription must not have run out before time of submission
If you're a current subscriber, then you can submit without the $4.00 fee, and regardless of submissions caps!
We want to see the best work you've got regardless of style, form, or subject matter. Submit 1 story up to 7,000 words. Please include a cover letter and story in a single document with the title in your cover letter.
Please note "subscriber" does not mean previous contributor and your subscription must not have run out before time of submission
Order Grist Issue 18, featuring Pro Forma Contest winner Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera, as well as a wealth of new poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Prices include shipping.
Thank you for your support as we work to showcase the best in contemporary writing and the arts!
Order Grist Issue 17, featuring Pro Forma Contest winner Christina Craigo.
First orders ship 4/1/25. Shipping included.
We appreciate your support as we work to showcase the best in contemporary writing and the arts!
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We appreciate your support as we work to advance the literary and creative arts!
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We appreciate your support as we work to advance the literary and creative arts!