Bomb Cyclone

This project is believed to be defunct. (February 2021)

About

The term bombogenesis, colloquially ‘bomb cyclone,’ describes a rapidly intensifying weather system spurred by a steady drop in atmospheric pressure over a period of 24 hours. Founded in the midst of such a storm in January 2018, Bomb Cyclone addresses the rapid deterioration of global climate infrastructure and international relations over the previous year. As a journal of art and literature, we provide a critical space for re-imagining our natural, built, and social environments as changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, and nuclear arms races intensify and become global existential threats. To that end, we are committed to uplifting and engaging marginalized voices through publishing poetry, prose, and literary translation by emerging and established writers alongside dynamic mixed media arts. The nature of ecopoetics—a dialogue between land, air, water, and song—is unavoidably both personal and political, local and global. Environmental factors impact us according to other dimensions of our lives—including race, ethnicity, gender, class, and ability. At Bomb Cyclone we view ecopoetics through an intersectional, international, and interdisciplinary lens; patriarchy, white supremacy, and colonialism are environmental issues under late capitalism. If your work investigates ethics of personhood, place, and identity, we want to read it. We especially seek submissions from women, queer and trans artists, artists of color, differently-abled artists, and those whose identities intersect with more than one of these margins.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2018

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 2 x per year

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 6,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Folklore/Mythology: See guidelines.
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Place/Regions: See guidelines.
Society/Culture: General, Current events, Ethnicity/Race, Social issues.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 6,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 6,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Earth Sciences: General, See guidelines.
Folklore/Mythology: See guidelines.
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Place/Regions: See guidelines.
Society/Culture: General, Current events, Ethnicity/Race, Social issues.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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We invite you to send us high-risk poems that disrupt and disturb generic or political borders. Poems that challenge us to move beyond sustainability politics in decolonizing our relationships to land and water. Cornered and crowded poems, unapologetic in their vulnerability and strength. Poems that challenge performed authenticity. Poems that thrive at language’s margins, sustaining an arc beyond the traditional limits of syntax and imagery.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; 3 - 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Experimental poetry.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Folklore/Mythology: See guidelines.
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Place/Regions: See guidelines.
Society/Culture: General, Current events, Ethnicity/Race, Social issues.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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We invite you to submit works reflecting upon connections between individual experience and changes in our sociopolitical climate. We are especially interested in: illustration and comics; textile, collage, and craft arts; digital media and glitch aesthetics; audio and video art; projects composing between or across disciplines and mediums.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Lengths:

Artwork: Up to 6 pieces.
Graphic Narrative: No page limits known; Up to 6 pieces.

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media, including...
Crafts/Decorative arts.
Digital art.
Illustration.
Cartoon/Comic strip.
Mixed media.
Collage.
Textile art.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Folklore/Mythology: See guidelines.
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Place/Regions: See guidelines.
Society/Culture: General, Current events, Ethnicity/Race, Social issues.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026