Equinox is a biannual, digital, multimedia journal that showcases writers and artists. We invite you to send us your poems, flash fiction, flash essay, photography, and art. We look for contemplative, argumentative, globally aware, despair-resistant, and apathy-abolishing works.
Equinox values diversity, aims for inclusion, and does not tolerate hate speech in any form. The use of AI to create work is prohibited, and if detected, the person submitting AI-generated work will be barred from submitting to Equinox for current and future publications.
Submission Guildelines
You may submit up to 3 pieces in any one genre (poetry, flash prose, or image) for a reading fee of $5, which will be used toward ongoing programs and publications at hotpoet, and which will fund a $100 “best in show” prize for every category of work (poetry, flash prose, and image) in each edition of Equinox.
- You may submit more than three pieces or in multiple genres, but separate submissions are needed to do so and separate reading fees will be assessed for each.
- We do not accept previously published work, whether online, self-published, in chapbooks, in anthologies, or in literary journals. We do accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you immediately withdraw any piece that gets accepted elsewhere for publication. No identifying information should appear on the work itself. Please label all works with their titles when submitting (NOT "Poetry" or "Prose for Equinox", for example; RATHER "Poetry: The Road Not Taken, Nothing Gold Can Stay, Fire and Ice".
- All submissions must be in Times New Roman font and standard formatting. Poetry should be single spaced with double spacing between stanzas. Prose should be double-spaced and include a word count. There is no line limit for poetry, but flash fiction and flash essay should be limited to 700 words.
- Images should be in png format. Prose and poetry should be in a Word document, NOT a pdf.
Submission Period and Publication Date
Our submission period begins on Decenber 17, 2024, and ends February 16, 2025
Theme: Our theme for Equinox Volume 8 is "Inner Chambers, Secret Rooms." This theme invites you to shift your focus to interior spaces, whether literal or metaphorical. This exploration involves going within and perhaps opening doors that might have been closed for some time. Opening doors can mean facing fears, but it can also lead to growth, self-discovery, and creative power. Chances are you will be surprised by what you find behind the doors to your inner chambers. We hope you will surprise us, too. We are eager to visit the rooms you remember, the chambers you imagine, the havens you invent. As always, you are free to respond to this theme in any way that is meaningful to you.