Still Point Arts Quarterly Shanti Arts LLC

Crafting a Life | Journal Submission | Summer 2026

Homemade and handmade—crafting a life.

Still Point Arts Quarterly is accepting art submissions on the theme Crafting a Life.

DATES AND DEADLINES

January 1, 2026 Submissions Close (Deadline)
February 15, 2026 (or before) - Notification of Artists
March 1, 2026 -Still Point Arts Quarterly Spring 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 spring 2026 issue.

Crafting a Life | Journal Submission | Spring 2026

Homemade and handmade—crafting a life.

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

DATES AND DEADLINES

January 1, 2026 - Submissions Close (Deadline)

February 15, 2026 (or earlier) - Notification of Writers

March 1, 2026 - 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.

On the Road | Journal Submission | Fall 2025

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”

—Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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

DATES AND DEADLINES

July 1, 2025 - Submissions Close (Deadline)

August 15, 2025 (or earlier) - Notification of Writers

September 1, 2025 - Still Point Arts Quarterly Fall 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.

Shanti Arts invite submissions for the upcoming fall 2025 Still Point Arts Quarterly digital and print journal issue:

On the Road | Journal Submission | Fall 2025

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”

—Jack Kerouac, On the Road

DATES AND DEADLINES

July 1, 2025 Submissions Close (Deadline)
August 15, 2025 (or before) - Notification of Artists
September 1, 2025 -Still Point Arts Quarterly Fall 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 fall 2025 issue.

Shanti Arts invite submissions for the upcoming winter 2025 Still Point Arts Quarterly digital and print journal issue:

“The past isn’t quaint while you’re in it . . . only at a safe distance, later.”

—Margaret Atwood

DATES AND DEADLINES

October 1, 2025 Submissions Close (Deadline)
November 15, 2025 (or before) - Notification of Artists
December 1, 2025 -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 2025 issue.

Vintage | Journal Submission | Winter 2025

“The past isn’t quaint while you’re in it . . . only at a safe distance, later.”

—Margaret Atwood

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

DATES AND DEADLINES

October 1, 2025 - Submissions Close (Deadline)

November 15, 2025 (or earlier) - Notification of Writers

December 1, 2025 - 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.