Submissions

Submission Guidelines:

At Balestra we seek to represent a wide range of styles, topics, and genres, as such we accept every kind of digitally publishable work. These include:

• Poetry

• Short Prose

• Visual/Concrete Poetry

• Visual Art

• Etc…

All written submissions should be no more than 3 pages (8.5 by 11) long and no more than 3 prose pieces or 5 poems. Prose and poetry may be included within the same submission. Visual art submissions should include no more than 3 pieces. We encourage submissions which include sensitive topics to be prefaced by a short content warning.

Submissions for the Fourth Edition of Balestra close on the 31th of July, 2025.

Please send all submissions, attached in one file, along with a short artist’s biography (no more than 100 words), written in the third person and including your preferred pronouns, to balestramagazine@gmail.com. The submission email subject line should follow this format:

“Submission, Artist’s Name, (Titles of Submission in Order of Appearance), Edition Number”

Example:

“Submission, Ben Wignall, (Just a Funky Little Guy, Employee of The Month), Second Edition”

Note: Please reply to your acceptance email within one week of the submission period ending (If submissions close 31 July accept by 7 August). If your acceptance of publication is received after this date, publication cannot be guaranteed.