Thank you for your interest in Inlandia!
- Submissions to Inlandia: A Literary Journey, Inlandia's online literary journal. We publish two issues per year: Fall is an open issue for all submitters. Spring is an all-teen issue guest-edited and featuring exclusively work by teens.
- Writing from Inlandia, the annual anthology of creative work produced by the Inlandia Creative Writing Workshops.
- Inlandia Books - Literary and Community for book manuscripts. (Closed to submissions.)
- The Hillary Gravendyk Prize (Opens February 1 and closes April 30 annually.)
- The Eliud Martínez Prize (Opens November 1 and closes January 31 annually.)
And other projects as they come up.
Each category has a separate review period & guidelines. If you do not see it as an open category below, then it is currently closed. Please check back. Before submitting, please be familiar with the guidelines.
By your submission you are acknowledging that you have read through our guidelines carefully and agree to all terms.
Black Wellness
Minding Our Business - A Blacklandia Anthology on Mental Health and Healing
Submit your short stories, essays, creative nonfiction, poems, one-act plays, and/or art.
We invite well-written work that explores mental health struggles and the
See Submittable for more details on submission length.
Submissions close on October 31, 2025.
The goal of this anthology is to help destigmatize discussion about mental health in the Black community. We want to keep it real. We are looking for original, previously unpublished poems, essays, stories, one-act plays, and artwork on the theme of Black mental health. From having friends or relatives who struggle with mental wellness to personal struggles, we welcome your submissions. Here are some topic examples, but it is not an exhaustive list. Topics may include anger management, schizophrenia, depression, PTSD, ADHD, ADD, autism, suicide. From the journey to seeking counseling to the journey taken to become a counselor or life coach. We want to read your stories.
Quality: We are looking for well-written, insightful, submissions. Vulnerability and honesty are important.
Submission closes October 31, 2025.
All work must be submitted through Submittable. No Submission Fee.
The proposed publication month is May 2026.
Length: All submissions must be in Times New Roman 12 pt. font. 5 poems or pages whichever comes first.
Stories, and essays, length 7 pages (3,500-4,000 words). You can submit up to three essays or stories.
All work submitted must be original, no Chat GPT, AI… You must verify by declaring the work you have submitted is your own original work and there are no AI enhancements. You will be asked to sign a form declaring the work you have submitted is your own original, personal writing.