Open call for submissions: poetry, fiction, photography, and art

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR SUMMER 2024


Submissions for the online magazine are open year-round. Please use our submittable page here: Online Zine

Submissions for the Summer 2024 print magazine are OPEN!!!!!!! December 15th - April 15th

This is the third volume and will be released ~ June 2024.

FOR SUBMISSIONS:

  • All submissions should be made through our submittable page. Please click HERE to send in your work.

  • Submissions for the online zine are free!

  • Submissions for the print magazine will now be $3 following the Winter 2023 issue. The fee does not guarantee acceptance, but it does help us keep publishing. We hope you understand.

  • Poetry: up to 5 poems

  • Fiction: up to 2,500 words

  • Photography and Visual Art: up to 5 pieces (high-resolution images)

  • Please indicate whether you wish to publish your work under your given name or a pseudonym

  • Simultaneous submissions are welcomed, but for all submissions accepted after February 2023 we require first serial rights. Please notify us if your work is accepted in another magazine! We’re excited for you!

Any questions should be emailed to submissions.ocmag@gmail.com, we will respond very quickly!

We accept work from other countries besides the United States as well.