Submit Your Work
We accept any form of writing, so long as it responds to the theme: "How has an educator or mentor shaped you?" Consider poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and letters to honor your educators.
- Up to 3 poems (max 5 pages total)
- Short stories up to 3,000 words
- Essays, memoirs, or letters up to 2,000 words
We accept and encourage simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere so that we can congratulate you and withdraw the submission on our end! We do not consider previously published submissions.
Along with your submission, please include a brief, third-person bio.
By submitting your work, you certify that it is in no way plagiarized. We reserve the right to remove your work from our site if we are made aware of plagiarism.
Additionally, by submitting, you grant us the right to publish your submission in both digital and print formats if it is accepted, including on our website and social media platforms, and in any promotional materials related to the issue. Authors retain full rights to their work and may republish it elsewhere after it appears in Epistle, with credit to the magazine as the original place of publication.
Please send your submission to submissions@epistleliterary.org as a PDF. Submissions not attached as PDFs will not be opened for consideration.
Thanks to the help of generous friends and family on our end, every accepted author will receive a printed copy of the issue once it is released. You will have the opportunity to choose to mail this copy to the educator by whom your piece is inspired as a way to show your appreciation. Additional print and digital copies will be available for purchase by authors and readers.
Submissions close January 1, 2026.
Decisions regarding the status of your submission will be shared after the submission period ends.