Our Mission
Arkana seeks and fosters a sense of shared wonder by publishing inclusive art that asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and those whose voices have been silenced.
The Hybrid Issue
We seek unpublished work by established and emerging writers unaffiliated with the University of Central Arkansas.
“Hey, you got peanut butter in my chocolate!”
Two things become immediately better as one. Arkana is putting together its Hybrid issue and is looking for submissions! We want your prose poems, your cross-genre work, and your all around experimental and unclassifiable writing.
Hybrids could include (but are not limited to):
- Cross-Genre/Multimedia works
- Experimental works
- Performance pieces/video essays/sonic pieces/visual poetry
- Prose poetry/flash fiction/flash nonfiction
- Autofiction
- Anything else that doesn’t fit the traditional bounds of creative writing genres!
Our submission guidelines for this issue:
– Up to 3 short pieces (in a single submission) or 1 piece no more than 20 pages.
– For this issue only: you may submit more than one piece, as long as they are different forms of hybrid.
– Include a cover letter with a brief bio and a brief description of what makes your work hybrid.
If you have pieces in more traditional genres and forms, consider saving them for the Fall 2025 submission window. We will only be accepting submissions that classify as hybrids for this special issue of Arkana.