Inkhorn Review Gold Star Program Gold Star

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, used as cover art for an issue, or other commercial uses. They may also appear in anthologies drawn from our archive.

Images remain eligible for the printed annual 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, sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses.

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 North American serial rights and non-exclusive rights to reprint the work in our annual print edition, anthologies drawn from our own archives, and to use the image in promotion of the issue and other commercial uses. All other rights remain with you.

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

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We're after stories that do their whole job in a few hundred words — a voice that sounds like a person, a turn that lands, and no line explaining what the reader should have felt. Very short work has nowhere to hide, which is the point.

Up to three micros in a single document, none longer than 300 words.

Send one micro submission at a time and wait for a response before sending another. You may have one open submission across all genres. If you anticipate becoming a regular submitter, our Patreon program offers perks that may interest you.

Micros publish on their own, weekly, and go out to subscribers. They aren't held for the online issues. They remain eligible for the printed annual and for award nominations, and may be included in anthologies drawn from our archives.

Yes. We assume you're submitting elsewhere. Withdraw here as soon as a piece is placed.

We don't accept it.

A personal blog, newsletter, or public social media post counts as published. Workshop and private-group sharing does not.

We publish human writing.

Please don't send work generated by AI, in whole or in part. We're not talking about your spell-checker. The line we care about is the one the Authors Guild draws in its AI Best Practices for Authors: the words and the thinking should be yours.

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

Inkhorn Review pays $25 per accepted micro, sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses.

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 and the right to include accepted work in our annual print edition or anthologies drawn from our archives. All other rights revert to the author on publication.

Accepted micros appear in the next available space and remain in our online archive. Once a year, we assemble a printed annual from the online issues; inclusion in the annual is an editorial selection and separate from publication online.

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

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SUBMISSIONS

We aren't committed to a school, style, or kind of poem.

The editor is a poet himself and deliberately tries to publish past the edge of his own taste. So if the work is good, strange, surprising, or simply not what a journal like this usually publishes, send it.

Up to three poems in a single document. Any length, any form.

Send one poetry submission at a time and wait for a response before sending another. You may have one open submission across all genres. If you anticipate becoming a regular submitter, our Patreon program offers perks that may interest you.

Yes. We assume you're submitting elsewhere.

If a poem is accepted here, simply withdraw it elsewhere. If you place one with another journal, withdraw it here and we'll keep reading the rest.

We don't accept previously published work.

A personal blog, newsletter, or public social media post counts as published. Workshop and private-group sharing does not.

We publish human writing.

Please don't send work generated by AI, in whole or in part. We're not talking about your spell-checker. The line we care about is the one drawn by the Authors Guild in its AI Best Practices for Authors: the words and the thinking should be yours.

Inkhorn Review pays $25 per accepted poem or micro and $40 per accepted prose piece over 1,000 words or work of art. Payment is sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses.

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

We acquire first serial rights and the right to include accepted work in our annual print edition and anthologies drawn from our archives. All other rights revert to the author on publication.

Accepted work appears in the next available space and stays in our online archive. Once a year, we assemble a printed annual from the online issues; that selection is editorial and separate.

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

Submit

SUBMISSIONS

We aren't committed to a school, style, or kind of poem.

The editor is a poet himself and deliberately tries to publish past the edge of his own taste. So if the work is good, strange, surprising, or simply not what a journal like this usually publishes, send it.

Four to six poems in a single document. Any length, any form.

Send one poetry submission at a time and wait for a response before sending another. You may have one open submission across all genres. If you anticipate becoming a regular submitter, our Patreon program offers perks that may interest you.

Yes. We assume you're submitting elsewhere.

If a poem is accepted here, simply withdraw it elsewhere. If you place one with another journal, withdraw it here and we'll keep reading the rest.

We don't accept previously published work.

A personal blog, newsletter, or public social media post counts as published. Workshop and private-group sharing does not.

We publish human writing.

Please don't send work generated by AI, in whole or in part. We're not talking about your spell-checker. The line we care about is the one drawn by the Authors Guild in its AI Best Practices for Authors: the words and the thinking should be yours.

Inkhorn Review pays $25 per accepted poem or micro and $40 per accepted prose piece over 1,000 words or work of art. Payment is sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses.

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

We acquire first serial rights and the right to include accepted work in our annual print edition and anthologies drawn from our archives. All other rights revert to the author on publication.

Accepted work appears in the next available space and stays in our online archive. Once a year, we assemble a printed annual from the online issues; that selection is editorial and separate.

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

Submit

We're after prose that knows what it's doing — precision, a voice that sounds like a person rather than a genre, and endings that earn themselves. We're slower to take work that explains its own feeling or arrives already sure of what the reader should conclude.

One story, up to 1,000 words. You may submit longer pieces as a paid submission.

If you write very short, you may send up to three flash pieces (300 words each) in a single document.

Send one prose submission at a time and wait for a response before sending another. You may have one open submission across all genres. If you anticipate becoming a regular submitter, our Patreon program offers perks that may interest you.

Yes. We assume you're submitting elsewhere. Withdraw here as soon as a piece is placed.

We don't accept it.

A personal blog, newsletter, or public social media post counts as published. Workshop and private-group sharing does not.

We publish human writing.

Please don't send work generated by AI, in whole or in part. We're not talking about your spell-checker. The line we care about is the one the Authors Guild draws in its AI Best Practices for Authors: the words and the thinking 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 prose piece over 1,000 words or $25 per accepted prose piece under 1,000 words, sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses.

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 and the right to include accepted work in our annual print edition and other anthologies drawn from our archives. All other rights revert to the author on publication.

Accepted work appears in the next available space and remains in our online archive. Once a year, we assemble a printed annual from the online issues; inclusion in the annual is an editorial selection and separate from publication online.

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

Submit

We're after prose that knows what it's doing — precision, a voice that sounds like a person rather than a genre, and endings that earn themselves. We're slower to take work that explains its own feeling or arrives already sure of what the reader should conclude.

Up to three prose pieces, up to 5,000 words total.

Send one prose submission at a time and wait for a response before sending another. You may have one open submission across all genres. If you anticipate becoming a regular submitter, our Patreon program offers perks that may interest you.

Yes. We assume you're submitting elsewhere. Withdraw here as soon as a piece is placed.

We don't accept it.

A personal blog, newsletter, or public social media post counts as published. Workshop and private-group sharing does not.

We publish human writing.

Please don't send work generated by AI, in whole or in part. We're not talking about your spell-checker. The line we care about is the one the Authors Guild draws in its AI Best Practices for Authors: the words and the thinking 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 prose piece over 1,000 words or $25 per accepted prose piece under 1,000 words, sent on publication day. Payment upon initial publication covers all uses.

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 and the right to include accepted work in our annual print edition and other anthologies drawn from our archives. All other rights revert to the author on publication.

Accepted work appears in the next available space and remains in our online archive. Once a year, we assemble a printed annual from the online issues; inclusion in the annual is an editorial selection and separate from publication online.

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

Submit