ARTWIFE invites unsolicited submissions of literary art, visual art, and video art through our Submittable platform. We do not accept poetry submissions.

Review the following guidelines carefully. If your work does not meet the criteria listed here, it will be automatically declined.

Submission Guidelines

Literary Art

We accept submissions of original fiction (short stories) and creative nonfiction (essays) up to 4000 words. Flash is also welcome. We are exceedingly unlikely to publish genre fiction. To get an understanding of the type of writing we publish, read sample work here.

Visual Art

You may submit up to 5 original images in a single submission. If we like your work, but none of the 5 images are right for us, we may ask to see more from your portfolio. Please upload well-shot, high-quality photos of your work. If we like your work but the images are uneven at the borders, or have unintentional glares or shadows, they will not be published. To get an understanding of the type of work we publish across various mediums, view samples here, here, and here.

Video Art

You may submit 1 original video up to 4 minutes long. Videos can be narrative-driven, but they don’t have to be. To get an understanding of the type of work we publish, view a sample here.

You may have ONE active submission per category at the same time. (For instance, you might submit one short story and one video.) However, you may not submit more than once in a single category. Please wait until we have made a decision on your work before submitting again in the same category. If you have more than one active submission in a single category at the same time, all work will be automatically declined without review. We do not give feedback on declined work.

We accept simultaneous submissions. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please immediately withdraw it from our consideration through your Submittable account. If we make the first decision to accept your work, please immediately withdraw that piece from other locations of consideration for publication.

At this time, there is no fee to submit your work, but we are also unable to pay for publication. ARTWIFE maintains first publication rights, after which all rights revert back to the creator. We publish on a rolling basis.

Note that it may take us anywhere from a few days to a few months to make a decision on your work. Submitting to our magazine adds you to our monthly newsletter. You may unsubscribe any time.