What We're Looking For

Blanket Gravity Magazine is a journal for fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. We are interested in moments of emotional intensity, and how their effects ring out in the bigger picture of our identities. We are looking for writing and art that explore mental health or emotional life. By "mental health," we mean art that tries to make sense of emotional struggle or uncertainty, as well as our thoughts about who we are, what other people mean to us, and the nature of the world.

For nonfiction, we hope to receive personal essays by people with lived experience of mental illness or emotional struggle.

We curate submissions for writing and art that will offer readers experiences outside their emotional pain, or a moment of interest or connection. We're not trying to erase or replace negative moods—we’re trying to show an expression of care.

How to Submit

Please email your submission with a brief cover letter in the body of the email, including a short third-person bio, to blanketgravitymag@gmail.com. The submission period opened March 19, 2024. The open submission period for fiction closes on July 19. The open submission period for nonfiction and art has been extended to August 19.

Writing: Please use .docx or PDF format for submitted writing. Your attached document should not include any identifying information; authors' identities are anonymous during the review process. We are open to simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. We consider previously published work, as long as the author retains reprint rights and can provide attribution. For unpublished writing, writers retain copyright after granting non-exclusive First World Electronic Rights to Blanket Gravity Magazine. The maximum length we consider is 9,000 words. Writers may indicate if they want to publish under a pseudonym or anonymously. Payment upon publication is $40 per accepted submission. Unfortunately, we are not considering poetry for the first issue.

Art: Include high-quality attachments of 3-7 images, as well as a link in the body of the email to the artist's portfolio if available. Blanket Gravity Magazine asks for non-exclusive license to reproduce the artwork in the online and digital magazines and social media. Artists may indicate if they want to publish their artwork under a pseudonym or anonymously. Payment upon publication is $40 per accepted piece.