Thank you for your interest in Inlandia!
- Inlandia Journal: Inlandia Institute’s online literary & arts journal. We publish two times per year: the Fall Issue is open to submitters of all ages; the Spring All-Teen Issue is edited by and open for submissions from teens who are 13–19 years old. We occasionally publish additional Special Issues.
- 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. (NEW dates: Opens January 1 and closes March 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.
HOW TO SUBMIT TO 2025 WRITING FROM INLANDIA
**PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES**
Submissions for the 2025 Writing from Inlandia Anthology Open from November 1, 2025-January 31, 2026.
Did you participate in an Inlandia Institute creative writing workshop during the year 2025?
If so, SUBMIT!
- THIS ANTHOLOGY is only for writers who participated in one of Inlandia's writing workshops (this includes boot camps) during 2025. If you are not a member of one of our workshops, do not submit here. Your submission will be deleted.
- UPLOAD no more than five (5) pages of your best work (cumulative total over the course of the year; may consist of any combination of genres) written during any Inlandia writers workshop(s) you participated in. It is expected that your submission will reflect the genre(s) of writing covered in the workshop(s).
- INLANDIA RESERVES THE RIGHT to decline a submission for any reason whatsoever.
- FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS: 12 pt Times New Roman (no bold), flush left including titles, 1” margins, double-spaced for prose or single-spaced for poetry, in .doc, .docx, .txt or .rtf only. (No PDFs.)
- BEFORE submitting your work please be sure you have:
— Revised for excellence.
— Proofread for clarity, punctuation, and grammar.
— Proofread for any additional typographical errors.
Publication of the 2025 Writing From Inlandia anthology is scheduled for November 2026.
Do you love reading stories, essays, poems, all of the above? Love the craft of writing? Love checking out your friends’ drawings, photography, comics? Then join our adventure!
Inlandia Journal: Inlandia Institute's online literary & arts journal is recruiting editors 13–19 years old for the 2026 All-Teen spring issue.
- Discover how an online journal works
- Choose which teen submitters get into the issue
- Add this activity to your extracurriculars list
I want to be a Teen Editor. What do I need to do?
Great! From Monday, January 5, 2026, through Sunday, February 15, 2026, apply via Submittable.*
* When you create your Submittable account, please use a personal email** you can access throughout the process until the issue launches in mid-May.
** Most school districts restrict messages from outside sources, including Submittable, so try an email connected to your mobile (icloud.com) or your family/guardian or teacher/staffer personal email.
Also: Your Submittable account needs to have the "Yes, I want to receive email notifications" checked under Settings (that’s the default), and you’ll need to check your email connected to the Submittable account most days, especially during the review period, which is Sunday, February 1, through Saturday, March 21, 2026.
You’ll submit your name and a short paragraph telling us why you want to spend some of your free time on this adventure with us. Also share if you have any experience, such as working on a school newspaper or yearbook (no worries if you don't). Be sure to let us know the categories you prefer to evaluate (though you might be assigned to others as well):
- art
- creative nonfiction and book reviews
- fiction
- poetry
If I am a Teen Editor, may I still submit to the issue?
Yes! Teen Editors may still submit work via the call for submissions for the Spring 2026 All-Teen Issue, open Sunday, February 1, through Saturday, February 28, but they will not review their own submissions.
Do I have to show up for zoom meetings?
Not at all. This asynchronous project offers an optional 30-minute meet-and-greet/Q&A zoom for new and returning Teen Editors; otherwise, everything is via Submittable and email.
Will you help with school forms and write recommendation letters?
We are glad to verify volunteer time for schools as well as consider requests for letters of recommendation.
If I have a question that is not answered here, who do I ask?
Please email your question to the managing editor of Inlandia Journal, Erin Michaela Sweeney (she/her), at JournalEditor@InlandiaInstitute.org.