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        • Tony Peyser Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Sarah Santoni Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Julia Klatt Singer Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Kathryn Kruse Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Meg Freer Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Moira Walsh Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Stephanie Staab Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Anne Swannell Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Laura Knott Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Jo Goren Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • CR Resetarits Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Sarah Ernestine Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Stephanie Johnson Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Charles J. March III Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Emily Mosley Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Grace Desmarais Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Emily Vieweg Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Claire Lawrence Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Meca'Ayo Cole Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Andrea Rexilius Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Christian Garduno Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Salma Ahmad Caller Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Glenn Thomas Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Claire Yspol Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Michael Thompson Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Rikki Santer Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Laura Gamache Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Christine Williams Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Stephanie Beechem Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Imma Dunach Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
        • Ginny Short Firehouse Art Center Postcard Exhibit
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GENERAL SUBMISSIONS

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Inverted Syntax's first issue includes Philip Metres, Jill Khoury, Khadijah Queen, and others. Lots of interesting, at times challenging poetry. You can read here: https://t.co/CedGrjuVJO

— roxane gay (@rgay)

General Submission Guidelines

Inverted Syntax publishes online once in October and print in late January. Our Sublingua Prize for Poetry runs March through June every year. Although we strongly resist the categorization of genre, for the purpose of assigning work to appropriate readers, our submission forms will be categorized by genre. We seek to publish unorthodox approaches to form and aesthetics. We love work that is non genre, those that straddle multiple categories, however you may submit previously unpublished work to the following categories: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We also publish photographs, illustrations, and other visual art. 

To get a better sense of what we are looking for, check out our Online October issue or pick up our print issue. Follow our instagram, facebook or twitter feeds to see work we have published. You should also get familiar with our mission and our masthead. 

We hesitate to offer concrete definitions, because we don’t like limits. We might not know we love something until we see it. Send us what you think is missing—it could be what we’ve been searching for. 

​We don’t pay contributors, but we promote your work. 
We also nominate for the Pushcart Prize, the Best American series, and Sundress Publications’ Best of the Net Anthology. Nominees will be notified and listed on our site.   

Simultaneous Submissions We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere.  

When should you expect to hear from us: We have a very limited staff of rotating volunteers and rotating interns. During the 2019 submission window, we are committed to responding within 6 months of submission. 

Rights If your work is published in Inverted Syntax, you are granting us First Serial Rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication. If you republish your work elsewhere, you agree to credit us as the first publisher. You also agree that your work may remain on our website permanently.  

Guidelines All work must be submitted through Submittable. We do not accept work via mail or email. The submission fees ($4/$5) covers our administration costs. Please note that we may close our submissions at times due to volume or to prepare an upcoming issue. ​ Please wait for a response from us before sending us another submission. Work that doesn’t follow our guidelines won’t be read.  

While we hesitate to impose restrictions on length with regards to our online journal, we do have limitations to consider when it comes to our print issue.

If your work is accepted we may make editorial suggestions. You will have a chance to review it before it is published.​ 
  • Do not list any identifying information on the manuscript. We prefer to read blind.
  • Please use page numbers
  • 12-point font 
  • Prose should be double-spaced
  • Send prose in .doc, .docx, pdf. or .rtf format. If you are sending mixed genre we prefer pdf format. 

Fiction Submit one short story, flash piece, or chapter excerpt at a time. Maximum 3500 words.  

Nonfiction Submit one piece of memoir, essay, hybrid, lyric, or flash at a time. Maximum 3500 words. We are not interested in scholarly articles. 

Poetry Please submit 6-8 poems in a single document. Poems may be single-spaced. There aren't length restrictions for poems published in our online journal, however for our print journal, we prefer poems no longer than 50 lines. Each poem should begin on a new page.  

Visual Art Please submit 6-8 pieces. We are open to any medium. For photography and digital illustrations, please send a web-readable format (we prefer .jpeg). For paintings, drawings, and sculptures, send photos of each piece as you would want them to appear. ​ 

Blog Articles ​We welcome posts on matters of craft, as well as interviews and pieces on writers, art, drama, and music. If you have an idea that doesn’t fit in these categories, send us a pitch at editor.invertedsyntax@gmail.com.  Subject line: Blog Article Pitch - Your Name. 

Want to learn what we publish? Order your discounted copies available from our store.
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​The inaugural print issue features art and literary work by Rae Armantrout, Philip Metres, Eric Baus, George Kalamaras, Kathy Fish, Ben Miller, Eleanor Swanson, Francine Conley, J. E. Crum, Daisy Patton, Jill Khoury, Meg Reynolds, Sam Hayward, Emmy Newman, Jeanine Pfeiffer, Savanna Scott Leslie, Lauren Elle DeGaine, Douglas Macdonald, Arman Kazemi, Martina Reisz Newberry, Gabrielle Lessans, Khadijah Queen, Andrea Rexilius, and Jesica Carson Davis. Cover Art “Squan” by Katie Vuletich. Inverted Syntax is edited by Nawal Nader-French, Jesica Carson Davis, Allissa Hertz, Melanie Merle, and is supported in part through the Mile-High MFA at Regis University. It is published online in October and in print in January. Discover more published work at www.invertedsyntax.com
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