Submissions

Submission Guidelines

Vita Poetica Journal is an online quarterly publication of creative work explored through a spiritual lens. This may be engaging directly with religious faith or a broader inquiry into meaning and the human experience. We appreciate a sensibility that is open and thoughtful rather than didactic. We seek diversity in experiences, backgrounds, and spiritual perspectives, as well as in genres and art disciplines. We also welcome cross-genre, cross-discipline, or multimedia experimentation. Those interested in submitting are encouraged to read previous issues to gain a sense of the kind of work we're looking for.

We are open year-round to submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual arts, multimedia, reviews, interviews, and contemplative practices.

Creative submissions (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual arts, and multimedia) must be sent through our submissions management platform, Submittable, which requires an account. If you don’t already have one, you can create a free account here.

For reviews, please see full guidelines and suggested review titles on our website here. 

For contemplative practices, please see full guidelines here.

For interviews, send queries to hello@vitapoetica.org, along with a brief bio and 1-2 writing samples.