Periphery Journal

There are presently no open calls for submissions.

Submission to Periphery is free and open to undergraduate students specifically in the United States, but any English language submissions will not be overlooked if submitted properly.

Periphery accepts stories, photographs, poems, personal narratives, music, essays, paintings, videos, interviews, new media work, sculptures, graphic narratives, spoken word, comics, prose poems, and genres that have yet to be created or recognized. We want to read what your eye has led you to see, what your ears have heard, what you’ve experienced, what you’ve imagined. We pride ourselves on publishing not simply the most excellent submissions but the most interesting even if genres do not apply.

All submissions are sent through a blind review process by the editor-in-chief, art director, and editorial staff only.  Periphery reserves the right to edit any and all submissions, but does not claim the rights to any published work.

Periphery asks that submissions be sent in separately. Meaning, if you plan to submit three pieces, please attach three separate files. If you plan to submit a literary work, it must be limited to 10 pages. Additionally, we will only accept up to 3 writing pieces and 5 art pieces from one individual for each submission window. No subject matter is off limits in submissions, but we do ask you to provide appropriate content warnings if your piece deals with graphic or sensitive subject matter. 

Please do not include any identifying information in your submission. 

Audio and video submissions will be represented in some form in the print publication and formally published on our website. If you are submitting a musical performance, please include the lyrics in your submission.   

We ask that visual artists include a high resolution photo of their work. Upon request from a Drake University student, if their piece is chosen for publication, assistance with publication-quality photography of the piece will be provided, if possible.  

Periphery does not claim any rights to the work appearing in our digital or print publications.  

If you have any questions, please contact us at periphery.editors@drake.edu

Periphery Journal