Faultline welcomes previously unpublished submissions of poetry, fiction, and art. Our 2026 submission period is October 15th to December 15th. Submissions received at any other time will not be read. If you are curious about what kind of work has been accepted at Faultline, we recommend stopping by our archive page to order one of our issues from years past. (You can also read through the 35th issue here.) That being said, as the editorship changes each year, we welcome you to submit your best work regardless of previous acceptances. In the case of simultaneous submissions, please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.
Submissions for poetry are capped at 250; fiction at 150; no cap for art. Once the cap is reached, submissions will close. We suggest getting your work in as soon as possible.
Please submit only once per genre, per year. Published contributors should wait two years before submitting again.
We hope to respond back to all submissions by late spring 2027. We look forward to reading your work!
Poetry submission guidelines:
- Please submit up to five poems, all in one document, with each poem beginning on a new page
- Format: default of 12 pt font, but open in the case where font size needs to vary for form.
- Please include your name on each page.
- For this issue, we are interested in both traditional and non-traditional forms of poetry (which may include but are not limited to archival artifacts, prose, visual art, and multimodal pieces).
- Please only submit one submission per reading period per genre. Contributors who have already been published in Faultline should wait a minimum of 16 months before resubmitting, so as not to potentially appear in consecutive issues.
*We have subs capped at 250 for the period from Oct 15 - Dec 15th, 2026. Once the cap is reached, submissions for this volume will close. We suggest getting your work in as soon as possible. Thank you.
We look forward to reviewing your work!
Submission guidelines:
Up to five 8 x 10 color or black and white prints (slides may be necessary if work is accepted for publication). We are currently experimenting with a different journal layout, so please feel free to submit your work even if it’s larger than the above specs.
Please only submit one submission per reading period per genre. Contributors who have already been published in Faultline should wait a minimum of 16 months before resubmitting, so as not to potentially appear in consecutive issues.