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Inspired by Art: Mary Cassatt and Frank Weston Benson | Journal Submission (Writing) | Spring 2027

Select a work by either of these artists and follow your inspiration—
non-fiction, fiction, or poetry.

View Cassatt's work here.

View Benson's work here.

Still Point Arts Quarterly is accepting writing submissions (fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, poetry; 5000 words maximum) on the theme Inspired by Art: Mary Cassatt and Frank Weston Benson

DATES AND DEADLINES

January 1, 2027 - Submissions Close (Deadline)

February 25, 2027 (or earlier) - Notification of Writers

March 1, 2027 - Still Point Arts Quarterly Spring 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.

Submit

FABRIC AND FASHION: UNCOVERING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NARRATIVES | JOURNAL SUBMISSION | SUMMER 2027

“You can see and feel everything in clothes.” —Diana Vreeland

DATES AND DEADLINES

April 1, 2027 Submissions Close (Deadline)
May 25, 2027 (or before) - Notification of Artists
June 1, 2027 -Still Point Arts Quarterly Summer Issue Released

IMAGES

Most importantly, please be sure your images in some way fit the issue's theme. Send images in .jpg format only. Files with a .jpeg extension may not upload. The file name of your image should follow this convention: last name of the artist, title of work (perhaps abbreviated), and number (1, 2, or 3). EXAMPLE: SMITH_SUNNYDAY_3.jpg. Since some images will be printed in our journal, we prefer images that are 300 ppi and at least 1500 pixels on the shortest dimension. Larger is better. No need to reduce images; large images will upload with no problems. Also, you may submit up to five images, but please no more.

TO UPLOAD IMAGE FILES click "+Add a piece to my list." You will then be asked for the title of your piece and asked to choose your file and then add your file. Repeat this process to add additional images. You may not upload more than 5 images.

By submitting work to be considered for publication, artists grant Shanti Arts the right to use their image(s) for the purpose of marketing. Images may appear on our websites, on social network sites used by Shanti Arts, and to advertise future journal issues and publications.

SELECTION

Selection of images will be made by the editorial staff of Still Point Arts Quarterly for publication in the summer 2027 issue.

Submit

FABRIC AND FASHION: UNCOVERING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NARRATIVES | Journal Submission | Summer 2027

“You can see and feel everything in clothes.” —Diana Vreeland

Still Point Arts Quarterly is accepting writing submissions (fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, poetry; 5000 words maximum) on the theme Fabric and Fashion: Uncovering Personal and Social Narratives

DATES AND DEADLINES

April 1, 2027 - Submissions Close (Deadline)

May 25, 2027 (or earlier) - Notification of Writers

June 1, 2027 - Still Point Arts Quarterly Summer 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.

Submit

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

DATES AND DEADLINES

October 1, 2026 Submissions Close (Deadline)
November 25, 2026 (or before) - Notification of Artists
December 1, 2026 -Still Point Arts Quarterly Winter Issue Released

IMAGES

Most importantly, please be sure your images in some way fit the issue's theme. Send images in .jpg format only. Files with a .jpeg extension may not upload. The file name of your image should follow this convention: last name of the artist, title of work (perhaps abbreviated), and number (1, 2, or 3). EXAMPLE: SMITH_SUNNYDAY_3.jpg. Since some images will be printed in our journal, we prefer images that are 300 ppi and at least 1500 pixels on the shortest dimension. Larger is better. No need to reduce images; large images will upload with no problems. Also, you may submit up to five images, but please no more.

TO UPLOAD IMAGE FILES click "+Add a piece to my list." You will then be asked for the title of your piece and asked to choose your file and then add your file. Repeat this process to add additional images. You may not upload more than 5 images.

By submitting work to be considered for publication, artists grant Shanti Arts the right to use their image(s) for the purpose of marketing. Images may appear on our websites, on social network sites used by Shanti Arts, and to advertise future journal issues and publications.

SELECTION

Selection of images will be made by the editorial staff of Still Point Arts Quarterly for publication in the winter 2026 issue.

Submit

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.

Submit