NUCLEUS LITERARY MAGAZINE
We're Open for Submissions!
Nucleus is now accepting submissions for a Spring 2025 Issue. We will open through March 2025 and we cannot wait to read your visual art, fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction!
Submission Guidelines for Nucleus
Fiction
Narrative Non-Fiction
Please send us short stories, flash fiction, and selections of longer works provided they standalone! All prose submissions should be fewer than 3,000 words. Submit your fiction as a single Word document in a standard font, with the document title including the story title and author's name.
Poetry
Poetry submissions may include up to five poems in a single Word document but are limited to six pages. Concrete and visual poems must be submitted in the .PDF or .JPEG format in preserve their form.
Students may submit essay, memoir, or selections from a longer work as long as it stands alone. Experimental pieces are accepted. All prose submissions should be fewer than 3,000 words, submitted in a single Word document with a document title including the author's name and title of the piece.
Visual Art
Original artwork in the form of photography, illustrations, graphic art, paintings, and sculpture. Send us a single submission file with up to 3 pieces of artwork. All submissions should be in .JPEG format with the artwork title and artist’s name in the file name. Please include an artist statement.
