Arch Literary Journal

This project is believed to be defunct. (March 2013)

About

Arch, like most online literary publications, is dedicated to publishing the most truly exceptional writing that comes our way, and in so doing, providing an outstanding platform for both new and established writers. But for us, that sentence needs to be broken down a bit. We mean something very unique when we say that we are a literary publication. We are not a review. We’re a journal, but not in the classical sense of the word. We’re not interested in simply showing you the best 15 things that came into our submission pile that month, or that quarter, or even that year. Instead, in each issue, we publish only one truly exceptional example of writing (or one truly exceptional collection of writings by one author), whenever it comes to us. Just one. If we receive 20 truly exceptional texts in a week, we’ll publish each of them, one at a time, in their own issue. If we don’t receive a text we find to be truly exceptional for months, then we won’t publish for months. Publishing irregularly allows us to bring you only the absolute best writing we receive and to give it the space it deserves. We really believe incredible writing deserves this platform, and we believe that it’s worth waiting for.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published when new content or new issues become available

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 10,000 words.

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Lengths:

Article: No specific word count limits known.
Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026