A Public Space is an independent, nonprofit publisher of an award-winning literary magazine and A Public Space Books. Additional programs include an academy, the reading series APS Together, and fellowships for writers and editors. Learn more here.
Please submit only one (1) story at a time. Additional submissions will be returned unread. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if your piece is accepted elsewhere we ask that you please withdraw it from our system. Novellas and novel excerpts are welcome. Translations are welcome, but it is the translator's responsibility to secure rights to the work before it is submitted.
We suggest reading recent issues of A Public Space to acquaint yourself with work the magazine has published. Subscriptions are available here. We have also made a selection of pieces from the magazine available as part of our Public Access series, including:
“Ghost in Translation” by Marzia Grillo, translated from the Italian by Lourdes Contreras and Julia Pelosi-Thorpe
“An Old Love Story” by Edward McWhinney
"A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness" by Jai Chakrabarti
We aim to reply to submissions within four months. If it has been more than four months and you have not yet received a response, we will be happy to reply to a query regarding the status of your submission.
Please submit only one (1) essay at a time. Additional submissions will be returned unread. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if your piece is accepted elsewhere we ask that you please withdraw it from our system. Excerpts are welcome. Memoir is welcome. Long-form cultural criticism is welcome. Translations are welcome, but it is the translator's responsibility to secure rights to the work before it is submitted.
We suggest reading recent issues of A Public Space to acquaint yourself with work the magazine has published. Subscriptions are available here. We have also made a selection of pieces from the magazine available as part of our Public Access series, including:
“Meeting Points: Between and In Between Subject and Object” by Cleo Mikutta
“Pita in the Arms of God” by Elena Poniatowska, translated by Christina MacSweeney
“Worcester: A Free People’s Workshop” by Cheryl Savageau
“Almanac” by Robert Sullivan
We aim to reply to submissions within four months. If it has been more than four months and you have not yet received a response, we will be happy to reply to a query regarding the status of your submission.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
A Public Space is accepting applications for summer internships on a rolling basis. The internship program provides practical experience in critical reading, research, copyediting, and fact-checking; marketing and publicity, including social media and events; and an overview of an independent nonprofit literary organization as well as an introduction to the publishing community.
To apply for one of these positions, please upload (as one file): (1) a completed application (see below); and (2) your résumé.
Interns will work on their own schedule, and will have responsibilities of approximately fifteen hours weekly. While the start date is flexible, Interns must be able to make an eight-week commitment. Remote applicants are welcome but must be able to attend two weekly remote/virtual meetings during regular office hours. Interns based in New York City will have the opportunity to attend staff meetings in-person and participate in events in the city. Interns receive compensation of $2,000.
Please note that poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submitted to the magazine via this Submittable category will not be considered.
APPLICATION
- Send two separate passages that are favorites, from two different books you have read.
- List three magazines, newspapers, or websites you read regularly; and three publications you wish you read regularly.
- Select two pull quotes from the works available through A Public Space's Public Access page. Briefly (2-3 sentences each) explain what drew you to these lines.
- Write one paragraph about a piece in A Public Space that has interested you recently.
- Tell us about your career interests, your experience thus far (clerical/research/social networking/reading manuscripts, etc). and what you hope to learn from an internship with A Public Space.