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STATEMENT ON NONDISCRIMINATION
Submissions are welcome and encouraged from contributors regardless of ethnicity, faith, continental ancestry, national origin, gender, sexuality, academic achievement, or lack thereof. Please do not feel constrained; we value the opportunity to review your work.
THIS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OPENS JAN. 13, AND RUNS THROUGH FEB. 17
The Fabulist Words & Art is currently seeking visual art submissions for our 2025 publishing cycle. Any form of visual art will be considered, including, but not limited to:
- Painting
- Illustration
- Comics
- Photography
- Film & Video — up to five (5) minutes
- GIFs
- Documentation (Performance/Music/Dance/Theater)
AI/LLM POLICY
The Fabulist does not accept works generated or influenced in any way by AI/LLM systems of any sort. By submitting your work for consideration for our pages, you affirm that you have not used AI/LLM systems in any way.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
The Fabulist publishes art with a fantastical inclination, and welcomes flavors of the absurd, surreal, magic realist, and strange/bizarre. Artworks can invoke dreams, fantasy and science fiction, myth, folklore/fairy-stories, and comics; and can explore symbolism, the subconscious, human nature, identity, horror, mystery, and the unknown/unknowable. Regardless of the foregoing, some fantastical element is what makes the difference.
- To get a sense of the work we’ve published so far, please review our art galleries and archives
ACCEPTANCE
- Accepted works will receive a $25 honorarium upon publication
- Our standard visual-art contract affirms your ownership of the work, grants us permission to publish it on our site, and affirms the originality of the work and that no AI/LLM systems were used in the creation of the work in any way.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please include the following with your submission:
- 10-15 images of your work (JPG format)
- A brief artist statement and bio (250 words average each)
- Any links to relevant websites or social media about your work