Overgrowth Press

We are always focused on form over content, and do not filter stories based on messaging, explicitness, or narrator perspective. If your story is artfully constructed, we’d love to read it.

While we are a “genre-less” journal, we seek to publish primarily literary fiction. If you plan to submit high fantasy, horror, or hard sci-fi, we’re happy to consider it, but unlikely to publish it unless it contains superior prose and is emotionally and psychologically resonant.

Overgrowth seeks poetry with a sense of modernity and urgency, skewing our tastes toward free verse; however, if you’re sitting on a truly masterful sonnet or villanelle, we’d love to give it a read.

We believe the purpose of poetry is to illuminate, not to obscure. If a poem feels like it’s written by a thesaurus, rather than by a person with something to communicate, it’s likely not what we’re looking for.

We value poetry which prioritizes both aesthetic and meaning, and uses its form to lead both reader and writer to complex and provoking ideas, emotions, and perspectives.

Overgrowth seeks photography which is distinct, artistic, and arresting. Our tastes gravitate toward street photography, or “out for a walk in a cool area” photography, and we are particularly enamored with photography featuring combinations of the natural and unnatural (think: a weed growing out of a watering can, an orange tree in a parking lot). That said, if you have photos that you believe fit our vibe, we certainly want to see them regardless of content.