Skipjack Review invites submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, graphic narratives, translations, visual art, and hybrid works of whimsy year-round. We publish three issues annually: two online editions, which are free, and one print anthology. We encourage simultaneous submissions but ask that you kindly withdraw your work if it's accepted elsewhere. Additionally, please wait three months after receiving a response before submitting again unless submitting a tip jar or feedback submission.
Call for Submissions: Music
The hills and hollers are alive with the sound of music!
Whether it’s sweetness to your ears or the sounding of an alarm, Skipjack Review wants to see your most musical writing and art. For this special anthology, we’re looking and listening for shortform fiction, essays, CNF, and art about music and its relationship to our environment.
Have you ever walked down an old dirt road and heard singing in the distance? Or maybe you played in a marching band and wished for live earth instead of AstroTurf? Can certain frequencies really unlock higher chakras? And what is it about acoustic guitars and campfires that makes everything right in the world?
Send us your truths, your jazz, and your tales of musical milestones. Send us your tales of whoa—you know, “Wish I Hadn’t Heard That but I Heard That”–Whoa! We’re talking resonances you feel in your bones. If it sounds too good to be true, we want to read about it.
Submit fiction or CNF up to 5,000 words.
Include up to five poems in a single document.
Send us your visual art, hallucinations, magic, and geo-art. We publish thrice anually, including two free, digital issues, and one print anthology. Our pockets are still pretty shallow, but we pay a five dollar honorarium for art we publish.
Submit to this category for a personal response and concise but detailed feedback from at least one editor.