Brink Literary Journal Calls For Prose And Poetry/ How To Submit (Pay: $25-$100)

Brink Literary Journal is an in-print literary journal dedicated to publishing hybrid and cross-genre work from both emerging and established creatives who often reside outside traditional artistic disciplines. 

Brink aims to foster dialogue and collaborative community across disciplines and cultural divides by providing a space that instigates new ideas. You might want to read this article on Tips For Making Your Writing Perfect.

Submission Guidelines For Brink Literary Journal

• Submissions must be familiar with Brink’s previously published work.

• Single issues can be purchased from the website to understand the journal’s style and themes.

• Submissions are read during January and July, with the current deadline being July 31, 2024.

• Brink does not accept work that is transphobic, homophobic, racist, or xenophobic.

• Submissions must align with the theme of each issue and the idea of being on the brink.

• They don’t want submissions that are transphobic, homophobic, racist, or xenophobic.

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What They Want

Brink Literary Journal Wants:

• Hybrid and cross-genre work that falls into the category called “Evocations.”

• Work that presses boundaries and uses more than one medium to tell a story.

• Submissions that engage with the theme of “Access” for the upcoming issue.

• Access signifies approach, ability, right, or permission to engage with practices, places, and people.

• The theme can be interpreted through politics, healthcare, education, environment, and personal stories of accessibility.

• Submissions should be sent through their submissions manager.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to all writers and artists who identify their work as hybrid or cross-genre or are interested in hybridizing their work.

• Emerging writers who have not yet published a book-length collection are eligible.

• Writers with forthcoming books may enter if their first book is published after April 2024.

• Writers who have published and edited an anthology or a collection of other writers’ works are eligible.

• Family, colleagues, intimate friends, and contributors previously published in Brink are ineligible.

Author Rights

Submissions must be previously unpublished. Also, authors retain copyright of their work.

Pay Rates At Brink Literary Journal

• $25 per poem.

• $50-100 for prose.