Submit Your Work and Receive Personalized Feedback

We are pleased to offer an opportunity for writers to receive detailed, personalized feedback from our literary journal’s editorial team. For a fee of $75, you may submit your poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction and receive:

• Detailed Written Feedback: One of our experienced journal staff members will provide constructive, thoughtful feedback on your piece, focusing on its strengths, areas for improvement, and suggestions for revision.
• One-on-One Video Consultation: After receiving your written feedback, you will have the opportunity to schedule a 15-minute video call with a member of our editorial team. This consultation offers an opportunity to ask questions, seek clarification, and engage in a meaningful conversation about your work and writing process.

We recognize the value of personalized, in-depth feedback in a writer’s development. Whether you are looking to refine your piece for publication or seeking guidance to advance your craft, our feedback option provides a supportive and constructive environment to help you achieve your writing goals.

All submissions should adhere to our general guidelines for length and format.

We look forward to reading your work and supporting your writing journey.

This summer, Inscape invites you to submit flash poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, or photography inspired by the theme Unclaimed Luggage. We’re drawn to short-form work that unpacks the emotional, spiritual, or physical baggage we carry—or abandon. Maybe it’s a family legacy you never asked for. Maybe it’s a memory you return to in secret. Maybe it’s an actual suitcase lost in an airport, or something symbolic that’s been stowed away in the back of your mind.

We’re looking for work that is brief but resonant—something that lingers long after the last word. The theme is open to interpretation: literal, metaphorical, playful, strange, or deeply personal. Whether your piece is about grief, identity, adventure, memory, or something entirely unexpected, we want to see how you translate Unclaimed Luggage into story, scene, sound, and meaning—in a small space with big impact.

Flash Fiction
Send us one story of 1,000 words or fewer that engages the theme Unclaimed Luggage. We’re looking for compressed narratives that still carry emotional weight—stories where every sentence earns its place. Surprise us with form, voice, structure, or premise. Whether realist or experimental, grounded or surreal, your piece should feel whole despite its brevity.

Flash Nonfiction
Submit one piece of 1,000 words or fewer—a personal essay, lyric fragment, or experimental meditation—that explores what we carry, leave behind, or inherit. We welcome hybrid forms, braided moments, sharp reflections, and distilled insight. Let the small form help reveal something large.

Flash Poetry
Submit up to 3 poems, each 30 lines or fewer. Whether narrative or experimental, visual or sonic, we’re looking for poems that find intensity in compression. Let the theme guide you to what’s unsaid, what’s packed away, what wants to be claimed.

Flash Photography
Send us one photo that speaks to the theme Unclaimed Luggage. We’re looking for images that tell stories in a glance—quiet, uncanny, emotionally charged. Your submission might capture what’s lost, what lingers, or what refuses to be discarded. Whether staged, found, abstract, or documentary, your image should evoke more than it explains. Let what’s visible suggest what isn’t.

Submission Guidelines:

1. If submitting pieces in multiple genres, please submit them separately.
2. Literary submissions must be written in English and may not exceed specified word limits.
3. Please submit literary works as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
4. Visual arts submissions must be scanned at 300 DPI or higher and saved as a .jpeg or .tiff image. 
5. Do not include your name in any of the attachments.
6. Do not submit previously published work unless you are submitting to the Alumni issue. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please let us know if your piece has been accepted somewhere else.
7. Current Inscape staff members may not be considered for publication. Staff members may submit their work in order to get blind workshop feedback; however, you must talk to the chief editors prior to doing so.
8. We do not accept pieces that invoke the name of deity as an expletive.
9. Any submission that does not follow these guidelines will not be considered.

Inscape observes US Fair Use copyright doctrine which states that 

1. authors must own the copyright of their submitted work and have full power to enter into a publication agreement with Inscape and to convey any rights they may grant to Inscape. 
2. the author’s submitted work constitutes their own original work or gives credit for ideas or material not their own, and does not in any way violate copyright. 
3. the author’s submitted work may not defame, invade the privacy of, violate the civil rights of, or infringe upon the rights of any individuals or third parties. 
4. the author has permission to submit a particular work to Inscape on behalf of all other authors in the event the submitted work has more than one author.

This submission category is for writers who are currently-enrolled students of Brigham Young University. One of Inscape's priorities is to provide a platform for BYU student's first publication. 

Since 1982, Inscape journal has curated pieces that are both peculiar and gorgeous without compromising craftsmanship and excellence. Averse to gratuitous violence, language and sex, we look for pieces that treat sensitive subjects with maturity and respect. Our favorite submissions explore refreshing takes on both the fantastic and the everyday. As a staff firmly rooted in following Jesus Christ and His teachings, we hope for submissions from people of all religious perspectives, countries, cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders, backgrounds, and experiences. To anyone who wanders into our journal, we welcome you to Inscape, home of the bizarre, believing, and beautiful. 

Submission Guidelines:

1. Inscape curates fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts pieces. You may submit the following number of submissions per category: Poetry: 5, Visual Arts: 5, Fiction: 2, Creative Nonfiction: 2
2. If submitting multiple pieces, please submit them separately.
3. Literary submissions must be written in English and may not exceed 4,000 words. For the flash fiction and flash nonfiction categories, submissions must not exceed 1,000 words.
4. Please submit literary works as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
5. Visual arts submissions must be scanned at 300 DPI or higher and saved as a .jpeg or .tiff image. Art submissions may include photography, paintings, drawings, digital art, sculpture, textile, etc. Performance art and musical scores will not be considered for publication.
6. Do not include your name in any of the attachments.
7. Do not submit previously published work unless you are submitting to the Alumni issue. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please let us know if your piece has been accepted somewhere else.
8. Current Inscape staff members may not be considered for publication. Staff members may submit their work in order to get blind workshop feedback; however, you must talk to the chief editors prior to doing so.
9. We do not accept pieces that invoke the name of deity as an expletive.
10. We do not accept unsolicited craft essays, but we do accept inquiries from professionals in the arts. Contact our editors at inscape.editors@byu.edu. 
11. Any submission that does not follow these guidelines will not be considered.

Reading Period: We accept submissions year-round. 

We carefully review every submission; this process often takes several months. If you don't hear back 6 months after you've submitted please send an email to editors.inscape@byu.edu to inquire on the status of your piece. 

Inscape observes US Fair Use copyright doctrine which states that 

1. authors must own the copyright of their submitted work and have full power to enter into a publication agreement with Inscape and to convey any rights they may grant to Inscape. 
2. the author’s submitted work constitutes their own original work or gives credit for ideas or material not their own, and does not in any way violate copyright. 
3. the author’s submitted work may not defame, invade the privacy of, violate the civil rights of, or infringe upon the rights of any individuals or third parties. 
4. the author has permission to submit a particular work to Inscape on behalf of all other authors in the event the submitted work has more than one author.

This submission category is for all writers. Inscape publishes a diverse array of voices. In the past year we received submissions from all 50 states and 36 different countries.

Since 1982, Inscape journal has curated pieces that are both peculiar and gorgeous without compromising craftsmanship and excellence. Averse to gratuitous violence, language and sex, we look for pieces that treat sensitive subjects with maturity and respect. Our favorite submissions explore refreshing takes on both the fantastic and the everyday. As a staff firmly rooted in following Jesus Christ and His teachings, we hope for submissions from people of all religious perspectives, countries, cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders, backgrounds, and experiences. To anyone who wanders into our journal, we welcome you to Inscape, home of the bizarre, believing, and beautiful. 

Submission Guidelines:

1. Inscape curates fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts pieces. You may submit the following number of submissions per category: Poetry: 5, Visual Arts: 5, Fiction: 2, Creative Nonfiction: 2
2. If submitting multiple pieces, please submit them separately.
3. Literary submissions must be written in English and may not exceed 4,000 words. For the flash fiction and flash nonfiction categories, submissions must not exceed 1,000 words.
4. Please submit literary works as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
5. Visual arts submissions must be scanned at 300 DPI or higher and saved as a .jpeg or .tiff image. Art submissions may include photography, paintings, drawings, digital art, sculpture, textile, etc. Performance art and musical scores will not be considered for publication.
6. Do not include your name in any of the attachments.
7. Do not submit previously published work unless you are submitting to the Alumni issue. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please let us know if your piece has been accepted somewhere else.
8. Current Inscape staff members may not be considered for publication. Staff members may submit their work in order to get blind workshop feedback; however, you must talk to the chief editors prior to doing so.
9. We do not accept pieces that invoke the name of deity as an expletive.
10. We do not accept unsolicited craft essays, but we do accept inquiries from professionals in the arts. Contact our editors at inscape.editors@byu.edu. 
11. Any submission that does not follow these guidelines will not be considered.

Reading Period: We accept submissions year-round. 

We carefully review every submission; this process often takes several months. If you don't hear back 6 months after you've submitted please send an email to editors.inscape@byu.edu to inquire on the status of your piece. 

Inscape observes US Fair Use copyright doctrine which states that 

1. authors must own the copyright of their submitted work and have full power to enter into a publication agreement with Inscape and to convey any rights they may grant to Inscape. 
2. the author’s submitted work constitutes their own original work or gives credit for ideas or material not their own, and does not in any way violate copyright. 
3. the author’s submitted work may not defame, invade the privacy of, violate the civil rights of, or infringe upon the rights of any individuals or third parties. 
4. the author has permission to submit a particular work to Inscape on behalf of all other authors in the event the submitted work has more than one author.