Submissions for Issue 15 of Exist Otherwise is open through May 31, 2025. Issue 15 will be published July 13, 2025.

The theme for Issue 15 is

Soldier Without a Name

The theme is merely a suggestion. We give a slight preference to works that respond to the theme, but we will consider all submissions.

Before you submit, you should be familiar with the work we publish. Issue 14, which was just published, exemplifies what we're about, so that's an obvious place to start.

You should also be familiar with our

If you are already familiar with our work and guidelines, then please

We pay $15 for written work, and $20 for artwork. Due to the ratio of artwork to writing submissions, our acceptance rate is higher for art than writing.