Please read submission guidelines located under the 'Submit' tab on The Adroit Journal's website.
Prose - up to 3 pieces at a time, 9,000 words maximum (across pieces).
Poetry - up to 6 poems at a time, no length limits.
Art - up to 6 pieces at a time, both black/white & color accepted.
Click here to read our current issue, available online.
When we are open to Poetry, Prose, and Art submissions, you will find the categories available for submission below.
*Please include a third-person bio in your cover letter for submission.*
Prose Reader
Prose readers get the first crack at all submissions in their specified genre, and are expected to review fiction and nonfiction (and hybrid) submissions regularly and consistently. Reviewing submissions includes voting, providing comments, and participating in occasional discussions about pieces on the bubble. (Est. commitment: 3.5 hrs/week.)
Before applying please familiarize yourself with the journal by visiting our About page, and perhaps also an issue or two.
APPLICATION DETAILS:
I. STATEMENT
Please briefly (no more than a page double-spaced) explain what qualifies you for this position, and what you would add to the journal’s literary and/or artistic community. You are encouraged to include things such as experience in the specific field(s), writing publication, and other commendations and accolades, but this Adroit Statement should NOT read like a résumé.
At the end of the day, the statement should highlight your history, passion, and experience with the areas of the position and creative writing. Feel free to discuss other topics you feel are appropriate, as well as any specific connections, measures, or initiatives you might have (or aspire to have) with The Adroit Journal’s staff community.
2. PLEASE UPLOAD A WRITING SAMPLE (8-10 pages of poetry or 12-15 double-spaced pages of prose) *for all Editorial roles
ELIGIBILITY:
We are fully open to all readers and writers. At this time, for editorial roles, we are not open to editorial staff on the masthead of other internationally-staffed unaffiliated literary journals. Publications that consider solely campus work, or work with specific geographic eligibility requirements, do not apply to this restriction. Non-editorial roles are exempt from this proviso.
As we seek to fill open positions sooner rather than later, we consider applications on a rolling basis.
***Unless otherwise specified, all positions are volunteer and remote in nature & have a start-date of ASAP.***
Please submit up to six poems in one document via our Submittable page (adroit.submittable.com). We encourage you to submit prose (fiction and CNF), art, and/or photography in addition to poetry.
Please no multiple submissions. Additional submissions will be returned unread.
No AI-generated or AI-assisted work will be considered or even tolerated. This means you can use AI to research or make notes on a poem, but every line, word and punctuation mark must come from you or if it is inspired by another poem or resource, you must provide attribution.
N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT MULTIPLE POEMS IN ONE DOCUMENT.
Happy submitting, and thanks in advance!
Please submit up to three prose pieces in one document via our Submittable page (adroit.submittable.com). We invite you to submit poetry, CNF, art, and/or photography in addition to fiction.
Prose submissions may be up to 9,000 words per entry of between 1-3 pieces. Please submit no more than two (2) times per genre per reading period. Additional submissions will be returned unread.
No AI-generated or AI-assisted work will be considered or even tolerated. This means you can use AI to research or make notes on a piece, but every sentence must come from you or if it is inspired by another author or resource, you must provide attribution or sourcing.
Please include a word count at the top of each submission.
N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT MULTIPLE PROSE PIECES IN ONE DOCUMENT.
Happy submitting, and thanks in advance!
Please submit up to three CNF prose pieces in one document via our Submittable page (adroit.submittable.com). We invite you to submit poetry, art, and/or photography in addition to prose.
Prose submissions may be up to 9,000 words per entry of between 1-3 pieces. Please submit no more than two (2) times per genre per reading period. Additional submissions will be returned unread.
No AI-generated or AI-assisted work will be considered or even tolerated. This means you can use AI to research or make notes on a piece, but every sentence must come from you or if it is inspired by another author or resource, you must provide attribution or sourcing.
Please include a word count at the top of each submission.
N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT MULTIPLE PROSE PIECES IN ONE DOCUMENT.
Happy submitting, and thanks in advance!
Please submit UP TO SIX full-color images (unless intentionally greyscale in the first place) via our submission manager (adroit.submittable.com). Please make all image submissions .jpg or .png, and as high-quality as possible. Image scans or screenshots are alright for submission (for the purpose of considerably lowering the file size), but please have access to higher-quality versions the art/photos prior to submission.
Submitted art may have previously been recognized for an award, but should not be previously published. Also, we DO accept simultaneous art submissions, but expect you to withdraw your submission(s) if accepted elsewhere promptly after the acceptance elsewhere.
Please submit no more than two (2) times per genre per reading period. Additional submissions will be returned unread.
No AI-generated or AI-assisted work will be considered or even tolerated.
Click here to view our Call for Interviews & Reviews, full of titles we'd especially love to see covered.
Thank you for your interest in interviewing or reviewing for us.
Interviews & Reviews -- we are currently accepting completed reviews and interviews for consideration on our blog.
At this time, we have an aesthetic preference for interviews.
IMPORTANT: Please consult our style guide for reviews and/or our style guide for interviews prior to submission. Thank you!