Published five times a year (Winter, Spring, Summer, Art, and Fall), Callaloo accepts original submissions of scholarly articles, book reviews, interviews, nonfiction essays, short fiction, poetry, and visual art.
All manuscripts must be double spaced and submitted only as a Word document (.doc or .docx). Identifying information, including names of authors, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses, should not be included in the manuscript. Manuscripts should not exceed 10,000 words excluding the title page, abstract, biographical information, and references. All manuscripts should follow the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd edition) and include a works cited and endnotes, not footnotes. Callaloo‘s Style Guidelines can be downloaded here.
All poetry submissions are now limited to no more than five poems at a time with a maximum of ten poems by an author per calendar year. You must create a separate submission for each poem.
All fiction submissions are now limited to one manuscript per submission with a maximum of three submissions by an author each calendar year.
Artwork should be submitted as low-resolution .jpg or PDF files. Artwork must include the following information: title of piece, year created, media, dimensions (in inches), location of the piece.
Manuscripts does not accept simultaneous submissions or any unsolicited material that has been previously published.
To submit, please click here.
Felicity Owoses
Would like to publish poetry and fi tion and law issues affecting women with your magazine, I am felicity from Namibia