Our annual writing contest is open for submissions until April 1!
Contest winners receive $1,000 and publication in Fugue's 2027 print issue!
Learn more and submit your work at fuguejournal.com/contest.
There's a new Creative Nonfiction piece up on the Fugue website! Check out "Offer It Up" by Mary Smith. fuguejournal.com/offer-it-up-...
Mary Smith's work has appeared in Blue Earth Review, Pithead Chapel, JuxtaProse magazine, and others.
There's a new poem up on the Fugue website! Check out "Supplication In My Mother’s Yard" by Leila Farjami.
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There's a new poem up on the Fugue website! Go check out "American Sonnet for My Wife with a First Line Borrowed from Terrance Hayes" by Justin Evans.
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Our annual writing contest is open for submissions!
Contest winners receive $1,000 and publication in Fugue's 2027 print issue!
Learn more and submit your work at fuguejournal.com/contest.
There's a new prose piece up on the Fugue website! Go read "Return" by Mialise Carney! fuguejournal.com/returnmialis...
There's a new poetry piece up on the Fugue website! Check out "I took the lessons from my father & reaped what was sown" by Jordan Cobb! fuguejournal.com/itooktheless...
Jordan Cobb (she/her) is a queer American poet based in NYC.
There's a new prose piece up on the Fugue website! Go read "Illuminations" by Linsey Drager! fuguejournal.com/illuminations-lindseydrager
There's a new poetry piece up on the Fugue website! Check out "What doesn't matter to the mason bees in my father's garden" by Emily Harman! fuguejournal.com/whatdoesntmattertothemasonbees-emilyharman
Happy New Year! Our annual writing contest is officially open for submissions!
Learn more and submit your work at fuguejournal.com/contest.
Contest winners receive $1,000 and publication in Fugue's 2027 print issue!
There's a new prose piece up on the Fugue website! Go read "Mud on the Window" by Justin Taroli!
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Happy reading!
Our annual writing contest opens on January 1st!
Submit your poetry and prose at fuguejournal.com/contest.
Contest winners receive $1,000 and publication in Fugue's 2027 print issue!
There are some beautiful new Art & Hybrid pieces up on the Fugue website! Check out Five Nonverbal Reviews of AJ White’s Blue Loop by Grace (ge) Gilbert.
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We're so excited to present our nominations for the Pushcart Prize for 2026!
Read all of their pieces on our website! Link in bio.
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There's still time to submit your fiction, nonfiction, art & hybrid, and interviews & reviews to Fugue—submissions close tonight (12/1) at midnight!
See our submission guidelines here: fuguejournal.com
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Meet our ’25–’26 editorial team—Editor in Chief Raquel Gordon and Managing Editor Megan Poe ⭐️
These ladies keep the publication running—from designing the journal to managing contracts and everything in between.
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There's a beautiful new poetry piece on the Fugue website! Go check out "Stars of Heaven" by Chelsea Guo: fuguejournal.com/starsofheave...
Chelsea Guo is an emerging poet and writer from Lexington, Massachusetts.
Meet out '25-'26 admin team, Juliet Wenzel and Kasey Kirchner ⭐️
In their words: "We love being a part of such a fun, supportive group of art-makers and art-lovers, and we love spreading the word about our incredible team and all the hard work they do."
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There are two new Art & Hybrid pieces on the Fugue website, "In Mourning for Bam," and "From Simile to Metaphor" by Ali Asadollahi, a poet, songwriter, and translator based in Tehran, Iran. Check them out!
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We have extended our submission deadline for the following genres: fiction, nonfiction, art & hybrid, and interviews & reviews.
Submissions are now open until December 1, 2025. Yay!
We can't wait to read your work. fuguejournal.com/
New fiction publication alert! 🎉
"Aunty Dolly Won't Die" by Renesha Dhanraj is up on the Fugue website. fuguejournal.com/auntydollywo...
New Art & Hybrid piece up on the website! This stunning collage, "Windstruck," by JC Alfier.
JC Alfier’s (they/them) most recent book of poetry, "The Shadow Field," was published in 2020. Check out the website to learn more. fuguejournal.com/windstruckalfiers
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Meet out '25-'26 poetry editors, Kyle Singleton and Cash Robinson ⭐️
In their words: "Here in poetry, we don't believe in the word 'slush.' It's a delight to get to read everything, whether we publish it or not, and to be surrounded by a team of avid readers and poetry lovers."
Last spring's Prose contest winner, "Tilapia" by Satori Good, is up on the Fugue website! 🐟 Check it out: fuguejournal.com/tilapiasator...
Happy Halloween, and happy reading!
Meet our '25-'26 art & hybrid editor, Jonah Radeke ⭐️
In his own words: "We have a small but awesome team of readers for Art & Hybrid. For all of us, making creative work plays a big part in our own lives, which helps when it comes to talking about submissions and makes collaborating easy and fun."
General submissions close on November 15th! Submit your work before then! We're accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art & hybrid pieces, as well as reviews and interviews. Check out our website to learn more and submit.
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Meet out '25-'26 fiction editors, Jasmine Jones & Rya Sheppard ⭐️
In their own words: "We crave stories that stick with us, stories that we can’t stop reading—whether that’s because of their lyrical prose or dynamic characters. Put us in the world from the start! Make it weird (but with a purpose)!"
Last spring's poetry contest runner up, “Glittery Strap-On" by Jeni Prater, is up on the Fugue website! fuguejournal.com/poetryandprose
Happy reading!
Meet our '25-'26 nonfiction editors, Annie Sheneman and Gracie Gurr ⭐️
In their own words: "It’s so exciting to see what’s out there in the realm of nonfiction. We’re so honored to know that people trust us with their work, and are willing to grant us a glimpse into their worlds and their minds."
Does your artwork do backflips through genres? Does it echo, resonate, breathe, or bend? Submit it to Fugue!
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