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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 Only previously unpublished work will be considered.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; 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:
“Khushiya” by Marzia Grillo, translated from the Urdu by Matthew Reeck and Aftab Ahmad
“War, Blossoms” by S. J. Naudé
"Young Lover, New Lover" by Muhammad Aladdin, translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies
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 Only previously unpublished work will be considered.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; 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
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 up to five (5) poems in one document. Only one submission at a time is allowed; additional submissions will be returned unread. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if a poem is accepted elsewhere, we ask that you withdraw your submission from the system or, if you've submitted multiple poems, that you add a note to your submission letting us know which poem(s) you are withdrawing. Translations are welcome, but it is the translator's responsibility to secure rights to the work before it is submitted. We will make every effort to respond to your submissions within four months, though at times it may be longer. 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.
We suggest reading recent issues of A Public Space to acquaint yourself with work the magazine has published. Subscriptions are available here.