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 seek hybrid works that whisper from the shadows and echo in the bones. We want work that carries a chill, that unsettles with its imagery and lingers like a half-remembered dream. Submissions should balance clarity with mystery, using language that cuts quick and deep. Give us works that haunt.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
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Our editors seek poems that whisper from the shadows and echo in the bones. We want work that carries a chill, that unsettles with its imagery and lingers like a half-remembered dream. Submissions should balance clarity with mystery, using language that cuts quick and deep. Give us verses that haunt.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors seek non-fiction that whisper from the shadows and echo in the bones. We want work that carries a chill, that unsettles with its imagery and lingers like a half-remembered dream. Submissions should balance clarity with mystery, using language that cuts quick and deep. Give us stories that haunt.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors seek short fiction that whisper from the shadows and echo in the bones. We want work that carries a chill, that unsettles with its imagery and lingers like a half-remembered dream. Submissions should balance clarity with mystery, using language that cuts quick and deep. Give us stories that haunt.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.
Our editors seek art and photography that whisper from the shadows and echo in the bones. We want work that carries a chill, that unsettles with its imagery and lingers like a half-remembered dream. Submissions should balance clarity with mystery, using language that cuts quick and deep. Give us images that haunt.
Note your submission indicates you are granting permission for first run print rights if it is accepted.