Eckleburg is a print and online literary and arts journal that publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, intermedia and other forms. Eckleburg is a member of CLMP and supporter of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. It was formerly Moon Milk Review and is owned by Moon Milk Press, Inc. The founding editor in chief is Rae Cline. Read full submissions guidelines at Eckleburg.
Eckleburg does not publish AI generated writing in whole or in part.
TAKING POWER: A Special Issue
Call for submissions, women writers. Eckleburg invites writers who identify as women to submit fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrid and experimental work for TAKING POWER, a special print issue.
We want work that looks the world in the eye.
As Gloria Steinem wrote: “Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.”
Take the page. Take the space. Take the power.
What We're Looking for in TAKING POWER
TAKING POWER seeks writing and art that interrogate what it means for women to claim authority over their bodies, stories, identities, labor, language, desire, anger, ambition, and lives.
We are interested in work that takes risks—formally, intellectually, emotionally, politically. Send us the beautiful and the difficult. The funny, furious, intimate, unruly, strange, transgressive, tender, and impossible to categorize. Send us women who refuse the roles written for them and women reckoning with the roles they have inherited. Send us work about power possessed, power denied, power surrendered, power stolen, power survived, and power taken.
We welcome fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, microfiction, hybrid and experimental work, interviews, and visual art from emerging and established writers and artists who identify as women.
We are not looking for one definition of womanhood, feminism, or power. We are looking for voices with something at stake.
Take the page. Take the space. Take the power.
Guidelines
Female identifying writers/artists
Prose/hybrid: up to 5k
Poetry: up to 5 poems
Visual: High resolution images, at least 300 dpi
We accept previously unpublished and polished prose up to 1,200 words year round, unless announced otherwise. No multiple submissions but simultaneous is fine as long as you withdraw the submission asap through the submissions system should it place elsewhere.
Note: We consider work that has appeared in print, online magazines, public forums, and public access blogs as being published. Rarely do we accept anything already published and then only by solicitation. Once the piece is published in Eckleburg, the author is welcome to re-publish the work anywhere and everywhere. In these cases, we ask that the original publication be credited each time to Eckleburg.
We accept polished creative nonfiction/essays up to 1,200 words year round, unless announced otherwise. If you wish to include a bio, keep it short, under 200 words.
Note: We consider work that has appeared in print, online magazines, public forums, and public access blogs as being published. Rarely do we accept anything already published and then only by solicitation. Once the piece is published in Eckleburg, the author is welcome to re-publish the work anywhere and everywhere. In these cases, we ask that the original publication be credited each time to Eckleburg.
Send us a link for your online portfolio that includes all the works (at least 3, 10 or more even better) that you would like us to consider for the Gallery. You can also send a 100 to 200 word bio. If accepted, we will request attached, high resolution jpegs of the chosen works.
Music, Film and Arts Commentary | Send a YouTube link via email along with a short 100 to 200 word bio. The submissions link is below.
We are currently looking for readers, editorial assistants and interviewers who are familiar with our journal and have experience with Submittable and WordPress. All reading is online. Positions are currently voluntary. Please complete the following form and submit. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to reviewing your application.