AGON Journal

This project is believed to be defunct. (July 2023)

About

Agon, the root of agonía; agony. A contest or struggle. The counterposition of the antipodal. Paroxysms of pain and of joy; the prodigious swell of life alternating between the ecstasy of death erupting within one’s breast. The contestation of the artist with their precursors, the struggle between disparate elements within a work of art, the striving of one voice or figure for supremacy over another: this is the territory of the agon. But within this violent space the flesh of one brushes against the other’s, fingers from both dueling hands interlock, the cheek of one body preparing for the takedown nestles against the other; the movement against becomes a movement towards. AGON believes literature (or art, theory, philosophy, et. al.) is not a dialogue with what has come before, but a quarrel with its own legacy, a taking-to-task and a defiance of the mothers and fathers who have brought us to bear, and yet we believe that this disavowal delineates the traces of a relationship which survives this turning-away. It is because I love you that I wish to be unlike you, says the contentious child. It is because I am afraid that you have already done everything I have set out to do, and by more prodigious means, that I must turn my back. This is the violence of love, the brutality of the embrace, the madness of adoration—the space of the agon.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2020

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency
Print Publication Print Publication: Unknown publication frequency

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: 1,000 - 6,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: 1,000 - 6,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 500 words; Unknown number of pieces.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Literature/Books: General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism, See guidelines.
Philosophy: General, See guidelines.
Psychology: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Experimental poetry.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Visual Art Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 5 pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Drawing.
Collage.
Painting.
Photography.
Black & white photography.
Color photography.
Sculpture.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026