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On submissions

We are eager to see you flash fiction, poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Here at Xenia, there's no specific themes or guiding principles. Just give us your most affecting, your most true. Give us your work that reaches as best it can toward translating that impossible-to-pronounce language of human experience, of human emotion.

Xenia publishes two issues annually, one in fall and one in spring. The submission window for the fall issue is from June 1st to September 1st, and the submission window for the spring issue is from December 1st to March 1st. You can expect to hear from us within the month following the submission deadline. Feel free to inquire about the status of your submission if a month has passed since the deadline. 

All submissions should be of original, previously unpublished work. Any work published elsewhere will not be considered. 

The very idea of xenia considers it rude for a host to ask questions, or even for the name of their guest, before the guest has been welcomed in and made to feel comfortable. It is for this reason that we don't ask you for a bio unless your work is accepted, and we don't sweat the cover letters, either. Make it brief, or make it silly, or make it however contents you. It will not influence our decision about your pieces.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If another journal accepts your work before we get to it, congratulations! It's our loss. If you need to withdraw your work, or a part of your work, please send an e-mail to xeniareview@gmail.com with the subject "WITHDRAWAL—Title of Work." Upon acceptance at Xenia, please withdraw your work from other considerations.

We do not accept multiple submissions. If you submit, please wait until you hear from us before submitting again. Previous contributors are welcome to send work as early as the next submission period. There is no preference will be given to former contributors.

Submissions should be uploaded through our google form linked through the button above.

On copyrights

Xenia reserves First Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights. All other rights remain with the author. Authors retain rights to reprint their work in any format after it has appeared in Xenia so long as Xenia is credited with first publication. Authors may not reprint work between its acceptance in the journal and their publication in it.

Please note that as of now Xenia is unable to pay contributors.