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Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities [1]

Basic Information
State: 
Florida
Website: 
https://www.ringling.edu/shift/ [2]
Country: 
United States
Submission Guidelines: 
https://www.ringling.edu/shift/ [2]
Address: 
Creative Writing
Address (line 2): 
Ringling College of Art and Design
Address (line 3): 
2700 North Tamiami Trail
City: 
Sarasota
Zip / Postal Code: 
34234
Contact Information
Sylvia
Whitman
Managing Editor
Contact E-mail: 
shift@ringling.edu [3]
Details
Formats: 
Online
Print
Payment: 
Contributor copies only
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Reading Periods: 
Nov 1 to Dec 31
Jan 1 to Jan 15
Response Time: 
3 to 6 months
$10

An international, student-run journal published by Ringling College of Art and Design, Shift features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic texts or other work in English or translation by emerging and established writers. It welcomes art and photos, too, and delights in literary oddities that push boundaries, challenge expectations, and defy easy categorization.

  • We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, subject matter, or genre.
  • Follow submission guidelines on the website.
  • Don't lose heart. Your work will find its right home.
Representative Authors: 
Gaylord Brewer, John Burgess, Dorothy Chan, Jordan Charlton, Magda Montiel Davis, Philip Deal, Joel Fishbane, Danielle Gasparo, Sarah Gerard, Tess Gunty, Julia Horwitz, M.M. Kaufman, Jarret Keene, Bryan Okwesili, Diana Raab, Choya Randolph, Sean Riley, dave ring, William Snyder, Robert Wexelblatt, Philip Venzke
Issues per Year: 
1
Year Founded: 
2018
Distributors: 
Ringling College of Art and Design
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published: 
Greater than 50
Issue Price: 
$10
Number of Debut Authors per Issue: 
Several
Less than 1,000
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [4]
BIPOC Voices [5]
Creative Nonfiction [6]
Cross-genre [7]
Experimental [8]
Feminist [9]
Fiction [10]
Flash Fiction [11]
Graphic/Illustrated [12]
Humor [13]
LGBTQ Voices [14]
Literary Fiction [15]
Micro-poetry [16]
Narrative Nonfiction [17]
Nonfiction [18]
Poetry [19]
Prose Poetry [20]
Short Fiction [21]
Speculative Fiction [22]
Translation [23]
Visual Poetry [24]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/shift_a_journal_of_literary_oddities

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/shift_a_journal_of_literary_oddities [2] https://www.ringling.edu/shift/ [3] mailto:shift@ringling.edu [4] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/bipoc-voices [6] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17192 [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/feminist [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/fiction [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction [12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/graphic-illustrated [13] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/humor [14] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [15] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [16] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/micropoetry [17] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [18] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nonfiction [19] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/poetry [20] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry [21] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/short-fiction [22] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/speculative-fiction [23] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/translation [24] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/visual-poetry