“Fantasy. Lunacy. All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities."
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

 

For this quarterly issue of Isele Magazine, we ask you to reflect on the question: how can communities create survival measures to adapt and change in the face of an apocalypse, and what new ways of living can emerge from the ashes of a dying world? We are especially interested in submissions that explore survival as a collective practice and a duty of care.

We welcome fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, visual art, and hybrid works that explore this theme. 

Submission guidelines:

  • All submissions for the quarterly issue should be submitted to quarterly@iselemagazine.com. The email subject line should read Genre: Lastname (e.g. Poetry: Angelou).
  • We DO NOT accept multiple submissions. Please submit to one genre only.
  • We DO NOT accept AI-generated work.
  • For fiction and nonfiction, submit max. 5000 words of prose. 
  • For poetry, submit max. 3 poems in a single document.
  • For photography and visual art, submit max. 5 images in JPEG or PNG format and include a brief note detailing the concept and relevance of your work. Only submit work that you still retain the rights to.
  • For prose (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry, we DO NOT publish previously published works (by this, we mean any piece that has appeared on the web or in print, including your personal blog). However, we will consider a translated version of the work if the original language wasn’t English. For photography and visual art, we may publish works that have been previously published, posted, or exhibited as long as the artist still retains the rights.
  • We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere so that we can withdraw it from consideration. 

Submission fees and payment of contributors:

  • We DO NOT charge submission fees. All submissions are free of charge. 
  • Isele Magazine pays all its contributors a modest token

Rights:

  • Isele Magazine requests the first serial rights of your published piece. However, all rights will revert to you after publication. If your work is republished elsewhere, please indicate that it previously appeared in Isele Magazine. 

The Isele Prizes 

  • All accepted submissions are automatically considered for The Isele Prizes. 

Deadline: 7 March 2026

We will respond to every submission no later than two months from the submission deadline. If you have not heard from us within two months, please feel free to send a query to quarterly@iselemagazine.com.

*Feature image by Couleur from Pixabay