WORDPEACE is a semi-annual digital project of literary response to world events in the spirit of promoting peace, hope and justice for all people. We are looking for previously unpublished essays, interviews, fiction and poetry (or mixed media) to publish which reflect this aim. We welcome international, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, disabled and neurodiverse voices. We want work that asks for positive change and is forward thinking. We publish writing that takes a stand against corruption and greed, brutality, genocide, and oligarchy. The theme for the next issue is Hope and Possibility. What do you think when you think of hope and/or possibility? How does it relate to our individual and/or collective experiences? We are looking for poetry, short fiction, visual art, and essays that speak of hopes, dreams or the loss of dreams, possibilities including your vision of the future or whatever you think when contemplating these themes?

We publish semi-annually, with submissions open in February/March (for August/September publication) and August/September (for February / March publication). Simultaneous submissions are fine, as long as you let us know right away if your work has been accepted elsewhere. We claim First North American Serial Rights, so rights revert to the author after the initial publication period, just please give us credit.  

Submissions will be open throughout the months of February-March  and August-September.

Questions? Contact us at wordpeace.editors@gmail.com. Please submit through the Submittable link above only.

I had no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample I
Could finish enmity.

Nor had I time to love, but since
Some industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,
Was large enough for me.

- Emily Dickinson