Visual Art & Media

As Foglifter revitalizes our website and digital production, we are interested in creating and holding space for visual art and media. We are seeking art that aligns with our mission of promoting queer, transgressive, and original work. Submissions will be open year-round, but will cap at 100 submissions per open submission period.
 

General Submission Guidelines:

• We accept only first rights to publication.
• We do accept simultaneous submissions, however please withdraw pieces that have been accepted elsewhere.
• Please include a short bio, description of your work, any past publications, and applicable trigger warnings in your cover letter.
  

Genre Specific Guidelines

• Please submit up to 5 pieces. 
• For video and audio submissions, please limit to 5 minutes
• We accept art created via all mediums (except AI -- no AI art submissions). This includes, but is not limited to, photography, painting, digital, ink, pencil, collage, etc. 
• Acceptable file types: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .png, .svg, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, .odt, .mp3, .m4a, .wav, .mp4, .mov, .avi, .mpg, .3gp, .wmv
• All applicable artworks submitted will be considered for front & back cover art for our print issues !! 
• We love experimental work, feel free to submit hybrid forms that blend genre. Submit them to the category they fit best !! 
• For grant purposes, we cannot consider submissions that do not include a completed demographic survey with their submission.

Foglifter aims to reflect the vibrant diversity of the LGBTQ+ literary community in our award-winning journal. Fill out our anonymized Demographics Survey to be considered for publication—then take a screenshot of the thank-you screen at the end and attach it along with your submission.