Still Point Arts Quarterly: Meeting the Insurmountable—Writing Submission Shanti Arts LLC Free

Meeting the Insurmountable | Journal Submission | Winter 2026

“The impulse to think, to philosophize and spin beauty and brilliance
out of mind and soul, is somehow the offspring of resistance­—
of an effort to overcome an apparently insurmountable obstacle.”
—Eric Hoffer

Still Point Arts Quarterly is accepting writing submissions (fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, poetry; 5000 words maximum) on the theme Approaching the Insurmountable.

DATES AND DEADLINES

October 1, 2026 - Submissions Close (Deadline)

November 25, 2026 (or earlier) - Notification of Writers

December 1, 2026 - Still Point Arts Quarterly Winter Issue Released

GENERAL GUIDELINES AND POLICIES

1. Please do not email or call us to ask about the review process or results. We will email you when we have made a decision regarding your submission.
2. If we decide to publish your work, we will send a writing agreement for your review and signature. Typically we ask for one-time print and digital rights. You may republish your work at any time.
3. Please know that we typically receive well over 100 poetry submissions, and we accept between 5 and 8. To keep things somewhat orderly, we limit all writing submissions to one piece per person.
4. We do accept reprints.
5. If we have published your work previously, we have no waiting period for submitting work again. We'll gladly accept good writing whenever we receive it.