Please read submission guidelines located under the 'Submit' tab on The Adroit Journal's website.
When we are open to considering new work, please follow these guidelines
Fiction- up to 3 pieces at a time, 9,000 words maximum (across pieces).
Creative Nonfiction- up to 3 pieces at a time, 9,000 words maximum (across pieces).
Poetry - up to 6 poems at a time, no length limits.
Translation - up to 6 poems at a time, no length limits; OR up to 3 pieces of prose at a time, 9,000 words maximum (across pieces).
Art - up to 6 pieces at a time, both black/white & color accepted.
In addition, look for opportunities to submit Interviews & Reviews and to apply for volunteer staff positions on The Adroit Journal.
Click here to read and familiarize yourself with The Adroit Journal.
Please submit up to three prose pieces OR up to six poems in one document via our Submittable page (adroit.submittable.com).
Prose submissions may be up to 9,000 words per entry of between 1-3 pieces. There is no length limit for poetry.
Your translation should be accompanied by a translator’s note explaining the significance of the work and providing a brief biography of the author, followed by a summary of your previous publications and a few words about how you came to learn about the work. You should include this information in your cover letter in Submittable and include it in the uploaded file.
You must secure the right to publish your translation before submitting it to us. If your translation is accepted for publication by Adroit, you will be required to document that you have obtained the English-language rights to the work from the copyright holder (unless the work is in the public domain).
Please include a word count at the top of each submission.
You are welcome to submit no more than two (2) times per reading period. Additional submissions will be returned unread.
No AI-generated or AI-assisted work will be considered or tolerated. This means you can use AI to research or make notes on a poem or piece, but every sentence, line, word and punctuation mark must come from you. For anything that is inspired by another author or resource, you must provide attribution or sourcing.
Happy submitting, and thanks in advance!
Reader in Translation
The Adroit Journal seeks readers in translation to join our growing team. This is a volunteer, remote position with a start date of ASAP. The monthly commitment is approximately 6-8 hours when the submissions portal is open. Readers will read, discuss, and vote on submissions of translated work, and will attend monthly meetings, convened by the section editor.
Candidates need not be expert in multiple languages to apply. We’re looking, first and foremost, for experienced readers who are passionate about language and story, who are willing to read across genres, and who are enthusiastic about literary translation as an art form.
Please apply with a statement of interest (no more than a page) detailing your experiences as a writer, editor, and translator, if applicable; 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 and publication, and other commendations and accolades, but this statement should NOT read like a résumé.
Your 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.
Please upload a cv/résumé.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. This position is volunteer and remote, with a start date of ASAP. Due to the volume of applications, we can only respond to people we wish to interview for an opening.
Before applying please familiarize yourself with the journal by visiting our About page, and perhaps also an issue or two.
Associate Web Editor
The Adroit Journal is expanding our Web Editing team. The Associate Web Editor will be responsible for keeping The Adroit Journal’s website up-to-date at all times.
- Add/delete website pages
- Keep Issue, Masthead, Submissions and other pages current
- Edit and update website as required in a timely fashion
Make requested updates from contributors following issue release.
Most relevant experience:
- Navigating Wordpress
- Creating and formatting content (especially because poetry’s structure and spacing can require extra work in Text Mode to get correct)
- Adding, updating, and scheduling new Pages, Posts, Users
- Basic Photo-Editing with Gimp, Canva, or Seashore (or any other editing software)
- Crop and scale images
- Combine and edit pictures to be featured images on the blog
- Communicating through Slack and email
- With issue contributors, blog content contributors, and teammates
Specs:
- Start-date: immediate
- Volunteer role
- 3-4 hours/week
Reporting to the Web Editor and Managing Editor
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 RESUME.
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.***
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 a preference for reviews.
IMPORTANT: Please consult our style guide for reviews and/or our style guide for interviews prior to submission. Thank you!
Click here to view our most recent interviews and reviews.
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.