Call for Submissions

Bloom

There are no seeds 

here the soil has broken 

giving way for stalks to push 

upwards and reach for the light. 


Tell us of your becomings. 

Growing pains, 

period blood, 

a leap of faith, 

jumpstart. 

Where in your body did it begin?

Will it grow? Is it growing already?

What fields are you tending? 

How will they bloom?


We have a suggested $5 fee per submission. We are a volunteer-run nonprofit, so small submission fees help us pay artists and help support our organization. If you are unable to make this payment, don’t worry about it! We will never turn submissions away for lack of funds.


Payments can be made via Venmo: @Staind_Arts or PayPal

  • Submissions should be sent as individual attachments (JPEG or Word Document, please no PDFs). Send to staindartscontact@gmail.com with the subject line “Bloom Submission”. Please format your attachments to read: Title of work—Bloom. In the body of the email please include the title of the piece, your name, and materials and dimensions for visual work. Do not put your name in the content or title of your attachments.

  • Please be thorough in checking your work for spelling and grammatical errors, including em dashes (not hyphens), punctuation, etc.

  • Image resolution should be 300 ppi.

  • Please limit visual art to 10 pieces per submission.

  • Please limit poetry to 5 poems per submission. 

  • Please limit prose to 2 works per submission. Prose pieces should not exceed 2,000 words.

  • You may submit once in each category for this publication. Submissions should be completed separately for separate categories.

  • Any submissions using AI will not be considered.

  • We want to publish you! We may reach out with suggested edits to make your piece ready for print.

Pieces printed in this issue will receive a small honorarium for publishing.

All submissions received during the reading period will be read. The response time will vary according to the number of submissions.

The submission deadline is January 15.

We expect Bloom to be published in Spring 2027.

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