The Phoenix
The Phoenix literary journal is an annual print journal that craves memorable, evocative work.
Created in 1958 in the heart of Western North Carolina with a long tradition of publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, artwork, and photography.
Sponsored by both Pfeiffer University and the Piedmont Institute of Music, Communication, and Art, The Phoenix also holds a yearly Emerging Writers Contest.
The Phoenix gladly allows for you to submit your work to more than one genre. Please see below for specific genre guidelines for details.
Our editors are seeking hybrid works (2500 words max) that engage in verbal and visual alchemy, transcend genre, and transmutes ideas. Enchant us.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors are seeking creative non-fiction (2500 words max) that bridges the gap between the unreal and the real, the unnatural and the natural, and the monstrous and the human. Take us home.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors are seeking art that touches the soul and immerses the viewer in a surreal experience. Grant us a vision of another reality.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors are seeking short fiction (2500 words max) that invokes the fae, embraces the mythic, and challenges the natural. Transport us to another realm.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors are seeking poetry that captures fleeting dreams like figments of the imagination or impossible experiences. Give us fantastic imagery or take us on an adventure.
Please submit poems individually.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
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