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.
Thank you for your interest in submitting work for consideration for the Blacklandia anthology on Black mental health edited by Romaine Washington
The goal of this anthology is to help destigmatize the topic of mental health in the Black community. We are looking for original, previously unpublished poems, essays, stories, and artwork on the theme of Black mental health in its various aspects. From seeking counseling to being a counselor, from having friends or relatives who struggle with mental wellness to personal struggles, we invite you to submit. Here are some topic examples, but it is not an exhaustive list, so if you have a topic and a story, poem, or essay, we want to hear from you. Topics may include anger management, post-traumatic slave syndrome, schizophrenia, depression, PTSD, ADHD, ADD, autism, suicide…
According to Pew Research, the suicide rate rose 144% among 10- to 17-year-olds who are Black, from 2007 to 2020. New federal data shows that the suicide rate among Black youth ages 10 to 19 surpassed that of their White peers for the first time in 2022. Increased suicide among the elderly is another crisis. In 2023 the U.S. surgeon General Loneliness and isolation are an epidemic. These are just some of the alarming statistics that indicate an urgent need to reach out and share our experiences.
Quality: We are looking for well-written, insightful, submissions. Vulnerability and honesty are important. No clichés, and no CHAT GPT generated stories, essays or poems. You will be asked to sign a form declaring the work you have submitted is your own original, personal writing.
Submission dates and details.
Submission opens March 1, 2025, and closes July 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. 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.