Consequence

The America Feature

In recent years, our work has focused more on war-torn regions, without emphasizing the geopolitical violence within the US. However, geopolitical violence has always been a part of the country—from the “discovery” of America to the founding of the nation, to colonization of the indigenous people and the enslavement of African people. The continued systemic oppression experienced by marginalized groups in the US allowed police brutality to flourish, including the raiding of gay bars in the ’60s and ’70s, the beating of Rodney King in 1991, the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and more. It is more imperative than ever to create a space where lives and stories—that institutions would rather render invisible—can be documented and preserved.

We seek fiction for a special feature on America that documents, illustrates, or addresses geopolitical violence in the United States.

• Flash Fiction (<1,000 words)
• Short story (1,000 to 5,000 words)
• Excerpts (up to 5,000 words)

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal.

Questions? Please contact our Fiction Editor at [email protected]

Submit

The America Feature

In recent years, our work has focused more on war-torn regions, without emphasizing the geopolitical violence within the US. However, geopolitical violence has always been a part of the country—from the “discovery” of America to the founding of the nation, to colonization of the indigenous people and the enslavement of African people. The continued systemic oppression experienced by marginalized groups in the US allowed police brutality to flourish, including the raiding of gay bars in the ’60s and ’70s, the beating of Rodney King in 1991, the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and more. It is more imperative than ever to create a space where lives and stories—that institutions would rather render invisible—can be documented and preserved.

We seek nonfiction pieces (up to 4,000 words) for a special feature on America that documents, illustrates, or addresses geopolitical violence in the United States.

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal.

Questions? Please contact our Nonfiction Editor at [email protected]

Submit

The America Feature

In recent years, our work has focused more on war-torn regions, without emphasizing the geopolitical violence within the US. However, geopolitical violence has always been a part of the country—from the “discovery” of America to the founding of the nation, to colonization of the indigenous people and the enslavement of African people. The continued systemic oppression experienced by marginalized groups in the US allowed police brutality to flourish, including the raiding of gay bars in the ’60s and ’70s, the beating of Rodney King in 1991, the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and more. It is more imperative than ever to create a space where lives and stories—that institutions would rather render invisible—can be documented and preserved.

We seek poetry for a special feature on America that documents, illustrates, or addresses geopolitical violence in the United States.

• You can submit up to three poems

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal.

Questions? Contact our Poetry Editor at [email protected].

Submit

The America Feature

In recent years, our work has focused more on war-torn regions, without emphasizing the geopolitical violence within the US. However, geopolitical violence has always been a part of the country—from the “discovery” of America to the founding of the nation, to colonization of the indigenous people and the enslavement of African people. The continued systemic oppression experienced by marginalized groups in the US allowed police brutality to flourish, including the raiding of gay bars in the ’60s and ’70s, the beating of Rodney King in 1991, the murder of George Floyd in 2020, and more. It is more imperative than ever to create a space where lives and stories—that institutions would rather render invisible—can be documented and preserved.

We seek visual art for a special feature on America that documents, illustrates, or addresses geopolitical violence in the United States.

NOTE: if you would like to be considered for either an online or journal feature, please submit eight to twelve images.

Questions? Please contact our Visual Art Editor at [email protected]

Submit

Translations Feature—Iran’s Conflicts and Their Afterlives

Iran’s modern history has been shaped by decades of conflict—from the eight-year Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, which left deep social and cultural scars, to repeated regional confrontations, internal struggles, and the current escalating military tensions involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. These conflicts have altered lives across generations, reshaped national identity, disrupted social bonds, displaced communities, and reverberated far beyond Iran’s borders.

Consequence Forum invites previously unpublished translations from Farsi into English that examine the manifold human, cultural, psychological, or historical consequences of war in Iran.

We seek work that moves beyond the battlefield to explore war’s afterlives: how violence is remembered, inherited, silenced, resisted, or reimagined. Whether through intimate testimony, imaginative engagement, personal reflection, or formally innovative writing, submissions should illuminate how conflict reshapes memory, community, identity, and meaning across time.

Please submit a single Word document, including:

• The translation
  1. Prose: up to 2000 words.
  2. Poetry: up to five poems or up to ten pages total.
• The original text.
• Author’s bio and translator’s bio: up to 100 words.
• A short cover letter explaining how the piece relates to the consequences of war.
• A statement confirming that you have secured permission to translate and publish the text.

Submit

We welcome any fiction that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

• Flash Fiction (<1,000 words)
• Short story (1,000 to 5,000 words)
• Excerpts (up to 5,000 words)

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal.

Questions? Please contact our Fiction Editor at [email protected]

Submit

We welcome any nonfiction that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence. Specific forms would include but aren't limited to

• Interviews
• Personal Essays (up to 4,000 words)
• Narrative Nonfiction (up to 4,000 words)

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal. Also, we are currently not accepting unsolicited reviews.

Questions? Please contact our Nonfiction Editor at [email protected]

Submit

We welcome poetry that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

You can submit up to three poems.

Note: If your work is a translation, please submit it through the Translations portal.

Questions? Contact our Poetry Editor at [email protected].

Submit

• Prose: Up to 2000 words, double-spaced in 12-pt font.
• Poetry: Up to five poems or up to ten pages total. (We sometimes consider longer pieces but email us first please: translations@consequenceforum.org)

We do not consider previously published translations.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please read our submission guidelines carefully. Failure to follow the guidelines may result in a significant delay in receiving a response.

In a single Word document, please submit the following:

1. A cover letter (see below)
2. Your English translation
3. The original text

The cover letter must include the following:

1. Word count
2. The date of publication of the original work
3. A note about why you have chosen to translate this piece and how it corresponds to our theme of war and/or geopolitical violence
4. Author’s and translator’s bio (<100 words each)
5. A confirmation that you have permission to translate the text

Thank you for considering us. We look forward to reading your work!

Questions? Please contact our Translations Editor at [email protected]

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We welcome visual art that focuses on the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence.

For us, the term "Visual Art" has a broad meaning and would include but certainly isn't limited to painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture, along with photos essays, video essays, and graphic narratives/comics. We're after pieces for our social media platforms, substack, online features, and journal features.

NOTE: if you would like to be considered for either an online or journal feature, please submit eight to twelve images.

Questions? Please contact our Visual Art Editor at [email protected]

Submit