SUBMISSIONS TO THE AVENUE JOURNAL, ISSUE XI: LOVE ARE CLOSED.
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Theme
The theme for the upcoming edition of The Avenue will be “Love.”
Keep an eye on this page for our next theme.
We want to see what you’ll do with the topic and how you interpret it in your work.
Reading Period
Submissions will close on September 1st, 2026. We look forward to reading both prose and poetry, just keep in mind we print in Black and White.
Simultaneous vs. Multiple Submissions
Simultaneous submissions to other journals are fine as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Multiple genres within one submission is okay, so long as the submission abides to the 5,000 word limit, described below. Please note: within multiple genre submissions, the editors reserve the right to publish one genre over another.
A Note on “AI” tools
The Avenue is a Literary Journal which focuses on human art. In that spirit, we do not knowingly permit Generative AI (for example, “ChatGPT” flyers or “Meta Muse” authored works) content of any kind in the journal.
Please do not submit GenAI content, including works authored by/edited by/or which otherwise involved GenAI in any part of the creative or revision process. It will be not be accepted, your submission fee will not be refunded. You will be banned from future submissions, and your information will be shared with other independent Literary Journals to forewarn them.
Manuscript Guidelines
- Double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages in either Word or PDF.
- Numbered pages.
- Please use the following format for your submission: last name_title
- Fiction and nonfiction: No more than 5,000 words. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
- Poetry: Submit up to three poems in separate documents.
- Carefully copy-edit and proof your work. We’re not against a typo or two, or even an occasion of their/they’re/there. However, do the courtesy of proofing your work. We’re a small staff and copy-editing should be done as much as possible prior to submission.
- Please be thematically sound. We have a theme and we want you to relate to it in some way. We want it to be inventive and creative, but it can’t be tenuous.
- Please strive to be inoffensive. We’re not against harsh language, sexuality, a depiction of the real world or offensive subject matter.
- Unsolicited criticism is not considered.
Reading Fee
The Avenue Journal charges a $5 reading fee.
If you wish to have the fee waived, please send an email to theavenueeditors AT gmail DOT com with your submission attached and formatted per the guidelines above, and we will waive the reading fee.
Restrictions
We do not reprint previously published work.
Submitting
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Notifications and Queries
Early submissions will be responded to faster than later ones. Feel free to inquire about the status of your piece after one month has passed.