Thin Places is a new online journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, “about thresholds between ordinary life and sacred spaces”. They’re looking for writing that evokes “renewed wonder and the courage to notice the unseen”. You can read the first issue of the journal online to get a sense of what they publish.
Thin Places is helmed in the UK and published bimonthly as a downloadable journal. The first issue, released this year in May, features writing from 32 contributors. There are six essays, twenty-one poems, and five pieces of fiction.
Thin Places is a sister publication of Amethyst Press, which published the anthology Thin Places & Sacred Spaces.
Now through June 25, Thin Places is seeking submissions for their second issue, scheduled for publication in July. For this issue, they are looking for writing that explores “the intersection of place, space and the sacred”. While this might involve a geographical place, it doesn’t have to.
Poets may submit up to three poems. Authors of fiction and creative nonfiction may submit one piece, 2,000 words or fewer. Although it’s not required, authors are welcome to submit an original image or photograph along with their writing.
Submitting authors can expect a response within one month. Thin Places might publish anthologies in the future featuring writing from the journal.
Thin Places accepts submissions online using Duosoma, not via email or by post. They accept simultaneous submissions but ask that authors withdraw writing published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work.
Thin Places only accepts submissions that follow the guidelines they’ve posted online. Please read these guidelines in full before submitting.
If you would like to learn more or submit to Thin Places, please visit their website here.
Bio: Ella Peary is the pen name of an internationally published author and editor. After earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, she lived as a monastic for five years. She now lives as a lay monastic, and teaches poetry, flash fiction, and literary publishing at the Authors Publish Writers Workshop. Her writing has been published in Room, The Apple Valley Review, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. And a number of full-length manuscripts she’s edited have received major international awards, including The Best Graphic Novel of the Year (Comics Finlandia), The Montaigne Medal, and The National Indie Excellence Awards. She’s also a long-time literary journal reviewer and editor at Authors Publish Magazine.
