Inkhorn Review: Artwork Gold Star Program Gold Star Free Tip Jar Option

We're after art that holds its own beside writing — work with a point of view, not decoration. We're primarily interested in drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage.

We're slower to take work that illustrates an idea rather than having one.

Up to five images. JPG or PNG, at least 2000 pixels on the long edge, RGB.

Include a title for each image, along with the medium and year. If an image has appeared in a physical exhibition but not online, tell us. We'll consider it.

Send one art submission at a time and wait for a response before sending another. You may have one open submission across all genres.

Accepted images may run on their own, paired with a micro, set alongside a poem, or used as cover art for an issue. They may also appear in anthologies drawn from our archive, and we may use the image to promote the issue in which it appears.

Images remain eligible for our annual themed and awards editions and for award nominations.

Yes. Withdraw here as soon as a piece is placed.

We don't accept work that has appeared online, including on your own site or social media.

We publish human work.

Please don't send images generated by AI, in whole or in part. Digital tools are fine. The image should be yours.

We aim to respond within 30 days. If it's been longer than 60 days, please query.

Inkhorn Review pays $40 per accepted work of art if used in one of our printed publications, sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses. We do not currently pay for art posted on our website only. If art initially online-only, you will be paid if it is later used in print.

Submissions are free. Tips are welcome and go toward the contributor fund, but they have no bearing on how work is read or selected.

We acquire first serial rights, the right to keep the work in our online archive, the right to reprint it in our annual themed and awards editions and in anthologies drawn from our own archive, and the right to read it aloud on our podcast, Life on Words. For artwork, this also includes the non-exclusive right to use the image to promote the issue in which it appears. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses. We will not use your work to train AI models and will not license it to anyone who does. All other rights remain with you, and all rights revert to you on publication. Reprint your work wherever you like; we only ask that Inkhorn Review be credited as the first place it appeared.

Full rights language is available at inkhornreview.com/submissions.