Ecotone, the literary magazine dedicated to reimagining place, welcomes work from a wide range of voices. We are particularly interested in place-based work by people and from perspectives historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: writers and artists who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, people who are gender-nonconforming and LGBTQIA+, women, people with low access to wealth, people from rural places, and others. We welcome the work of emerging writers of all ages and walks of life. Please review our complete guidelines before submitting. We strongly encourage writers to read work we’ve published before sending their own. A selection of writing and art from recent issues is featured on our website, where you can also order a copy of the magazine or subscribe.
Before sending work, please review our guidelines at ecotonemagazine.org/submissions. (Unfortunately, due to a glitch in Submittable, this page cannot reliably be updated, so we are unable to post them here.)
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For this reading period, we are glad to consider all nonfiction that engages with place, whether subtly or overtly. We are particularly interested, this reading period, in personal essays and other narratives that engage with the climate crisis and/or with the natural and social sciences—ecology, natural history, sociology, and other fields, not limited to Western contexts and modes of doing science.
Upcoming issues: Ecotone is most actively acquiring for the following issues: issue 40 (unthemed) and issue 41 (delight). Find calls for work on our Upcoming Issues page. We will consider work submitted this reading period for all upcoming issues, both themed and unthemed.
How to submit:
*Before sending work, please review our guidelines at: ecotonemagazine.org/submissions.
*Nonfiction submissions should be double-spaced, no more than thirty pages in a standard twelve-point font, with pages numbered. (Most prose we publish is shorter than the upper limit given here.) The editors are also interested in seeing more short nonfiction. You may submit up to two pieces of flash (no longer than 1500 words) per submission.
*Do not include identifying information within the manuscript or in the filename. Don't paste your cover letter in as the first page of the file, and don't include your name in the header or footer.
*Write us a note, won't you? Include a brief cover letter in the cover-letter field, addressed to the editor(s) of your genre. Be sure to note the word or page count and the title of the work you are sending.
*Multiple submissions sent during this reading period, regardless of genre, will not be read. Please send only one submission in a given reading period, in either poetry, fiction, or nonfiction.
*If you need to withdraw your submission, which you should do immediately if it is accepted elsewhere, do so by withdrawing in Submittable; do not email the editors. Do not query us about your submission unless there is a need—for instance, if the work you submitted will appear in a forthcoming collection; for this purpose, be sure to use the message option, as Submittable's notes function is visible only to you.
*We do not consider revisions to work once submitted. We offer editorial support to all our contributors upon acceptance.
*Submissions include the option to renew your subscription. Expired subscriptions will begin with issue 38; current subscriptions will be extended by one year.
Thanks for thinking of Ecotone. We look forward to reading your work!
This category is available to current subscribers only. Not a subscriber? You can subscribe or renew on our subscriptions page.
If you are unsure whether your subscription is current, please check your order email for the date of your order and the length of your subscription. Spring 2025 conference subscriptions remain current. If your subscription has lapsed, you may renew it in order to continue receiving the magazine and to submit free of charge—visit our renewals page, or you can renew here while you submit.
For this reading period, we are considering fiction that engages with or lives within place and/or the climate crisis, including questions of environmental justice. This engagement can be subtle or super clear.
Upcoming issues: Ecotone is most actively acquiring for the following issues: issue 40 (unthemed) and issue 41 (delight). Find calls for work on our Upcoming Issues page. We will consider work submitted this reading period for all upcoming issues, both themed and unthemed.
How to submit:
*Before sending work, please review our guidelines at: ecotonemagazine.org/submissions.
*Fiction submissions should be double-spaced, no more than thirty pages in a standard twelve-point font, with pages numbered. (Most prose we publish is shorter than the upper limit given here.) The editors are also interested in seeing more flash fiction. You may submit up to two pieces of flash (no longer than 1500 words) per submission.
*Do not include identifying information within the manuscript or in the filename. Don't paste your cover letter in as the first page of the file, and don't include your name in the header or footer.
*Write us a note, won't you? Include a brief cover letter in the cover-letter field, addressed to the editor(s) of your genre. Be sure to note the word or page count and the title of the work you are sending.
*Multiple submissions sent during this reading period, regardless of genre, will not be read. Please send only one submission in a given reading period, in either poetry, fiction, or nonfiction.
*If you need to withdraw your submission, which you should do immediately if it is accepted elsewhere, do so by withdrawing in Submittable; do not email the editors. Do not query us about your submission unless there is a need—for instance, if the work you submitted will appear in a forthcoming collection; for this purpose, be sure to use the message option, as Submittable's notes function is visible only to you.
*We do not consider revisions to work once submitted. We offer editorial support to all our contributors upon acceptance.
*Submissions include the option to renew your subscription. Expired subscriptions will begin with issue 38; current subscriptions will be extended by one year.
Thanks for thinking of Ecotone. We look forward to reading your work!
This category is available to current subscribers only. Not a subscriber? You can subscribe or renew on our subscriptions page.
If you are unsure whether your subscription is current, please check your order email for the date of your order and the length of your subscription. Spring 2025 conference subscriptions remain current. If your subscription has lapsed, you may renew it in order to continue receiving the magazine and to submit free of charge—visit our renewals page, or you can renew here while you submit.
For this reading period, we seek poems that think with or live within or respond to place and/or the climate crisis, including questions of environmental justice. This engagement can be subtle or super-clear. Experimentation with fixed forms (new or old), meter, and/or other poetic constraints is also welcome.
Upcoming issues: Ecotone is most actively acquiring for the following issues: issue 40 (unthemed) and issue 41 (delight). Find calls for work on our Upcoming Issues page. We will consider work submitted this reading period for all upcoming issues, both themed and unthemed.
How to submit:
*Before sending work, please review our guidelines at: ecotonemagazine.org/submissions.
*Please send a single file containing three to five poems.
*Do not include identifying information within the manuscript or in the filename. Don't paste your cover letter in as the first page of the file, and don't include your name in the header or footer.
*Write us a note, won't you? Include a brief cover letter in the cover-letter field, addressed to the editor(s) of your genre. Be sure to note the titles of the poems you are sending.
*Multiple submissions sent during this reading period, regardless of genre, will not be read. Please send only one submission in a given reading period, in either poetry, fiction, or nonfiction.
*If you need to withdraw part or all of your submission, which you should do immediately if it is accepted elsewhere, do so by withdrawing or adding a message in Submittable; do not email the editors. Submittable's notes function is visible only to you; be sure to use the message option to withdraw single poems. Do not query us about your submission unless there is a need—for instance, if the work you submitted will appear in a forthcoming collection.
*We do not consider revisions to work once submitted. We offer editorial support to all our contributors upon acceptance.
*Submissions include the option to renew your subscription. Expired subscriptions will begin with issue 38; current subscriptions will be extended by one year.
Thanks for thinking of Ecotone. We look forward to reading your work!