**Moccasins by Sicangu artist Rhonda Standing Bear-Kozma
Originating in the mid-1970s, Wanbli Ho Journal provides an opportunity for both local and nationally-known creatives to showcase their talents and share their abundant backgrounds of experience and vision so uniquely inherent within the Native American/BIPOC artist and communities. Prioritizing Indigenous voice and worldview, Wanbli Ho is calling the names and spirits of The People home, to sound in unity and in power. We operate in the knowledge that we are all related and all responsible for the world and reality we co-create. Wopila.
Wanbli Ho Journal accepts submissions of previously unpublished micro-flash, flash, short fiction, novel excerpts, short plays, scholarly essays, reviews, memoir, creative non-fiction, poetry, hybrid work, visual art, and short films. We especially encourage translations from or to languages Indigenous to the Americas.
Our journal is currently set to publish bi-annually in the Fall and Spring Semesters, though special issues may infiltrate that schedule. We publish in print and online. Each accepted author/artist can expect payment in the form of two free copies of the journal as well a a year’s subscription for free.
All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter, a short bio, and a listing of any social media handles and/or personal websites that you would like us to feature if your submission is accepted for publication.
Please submit 3-5 poems in a single submission. Please limit prose submission length to 5,000-6,000 words. We accept 72 dpi GIF, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF files for visual art submissions. For short films, please submit work that is no more than 5 minutes in duration, with a MOV or MP4 format, and a resolution of at least 1080p.
We know good work when we see it. It will speak to us, and we will want to share it. We don’t want to dictate to you what “good” means, so just send us what you think is important to share with us and the world. Please do not send AI-generated work; we will not be publishing that. Pilamayaye.
Poetry:
Please submit your poems as a single Microsoft Word file, with the list of the titles of each poem as the title for your overall submission. Please type in 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced, with each poem preceded by its title typed in bold.
In you submission, please provide a short bio–up to 200 words–written in the third person. This will be published along with your work if your submission is accepted.
While we accept simultaneous submissions, please notify us immediately if one or all of your poems are accepted elsewhere.
Please limit your poetry submissions to only twice per reading period.
Submit your poems here:
Prose:
Please submit your prose submission as a Microsoft Word file, with the title of the work as the title of your overall submission. Please type in 12-point Times New Roman Font, double-spaced. Please also type the title of the work directly before the body of the manuscript.
In you submission, please provide a short bio–up to 200 words–written in the third person. This will be published along with your work if your submission is accepted.
While we accept simultaneous submissions, please notify us immediately if your prose piece is accepted elsewhere.
Please limit your prose submissions to only once per submission period.
Submit your prose here:
Visual Art:
Please submit up to 8 images as GIF, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF files with a resolution of at least 72dpi. Please use the titles of each image as the title of your overall submission.
In you submission, please provide a short bio–up to 200 words–written in the third person. This will be published along with your work if your submission is accepted. For visual art, please also list the title of each work/file submitted in your bio.
While we accept simultaneous submissions, please notify us immediately if any or all of your images are accepted elsewhere.
Please limit your visual art submissions to only twice per viewing period.
Submit your visual art images here:
Short Film:
Please submit up to 3 short films that are no more than 5 minutes in duration, each, in a MOV or MP4 file format, having a resolution of at least 1080p (HD). Please use the titles of each film as the title of your overall submission.
In you submission, please provide a short bio–up to 200 words–written in the third person. This will be published along with your work if your submission is accepted. For film, please also list the title of each work/file submitted in your bio.
While we accept simultaneous submissions, please notify us immediately if any or all of your films are accepted elsewhere.
Please limit your short film submissions to only twice per review period.
Submit your short film(s) here:
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