Please submit all writing as a Word document.

Be sure to remove your name from all submission files, including pagination, headers and footers, and the file name itself.

Citations--if any--must be Chicago Style with footnotes (not parenthetical in-text citations).

AI-Generated work of any kind - written or artwork - will not be accepted. 

Failure to meet these guidelines will result in ineligibility for consideration.

Submit to Changing Skies Prose Submissions

Written Submissions

  1. Please remove your name from your submission and file name to ensure an anonymous selection process for all writing submissions.
  2. Submissions must be in Times New Roman 12 pt. font, double spaced. Indicate space breaks, if any, with a hashtag: #.
  3. Submissions must be sent as a Word file (.doc or .docx). Do not submit PDFs.
  4. All citations, if any, must be done in Chicago footnote style.
  5. All submissions are free.
  6. ONE piece per submission. Submissions containing collections or multiple titles will not be considered.
  7. Submissions must be climate change-oriented (broadly construed).
  8. We consider all work for Print or Online publication, including podcasts. The deadline for annual print issues is each Spring for publication in the Fall. Submissions after that deadline will be considered for the next Print issue, or Online.
  9. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere, through Submittable, and pull the piece. We publish only previously unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish or excerpt your work unless you request that we not do so.
Submit to Changing Skies Poetry Submissions

Written Submissions

  1. Please remove your name from your submission and file name to ensure an anonymous selection process for all writing submissions.
  2. Submissions must be in Times New Roman 12 pt. font, single spaced, with an extra space indicating any stanza breaks.
  3. Submissions must be sent as a Word file (.doc or .docx). Do not submit PDFs.
  4. All citations, if any, must be done in Chicago footnote style.
  5. All submissions are free.
  6. Submissions must be climate change-oriented (broadly construed).
  7. ONE piece per submission. Submissions containing collections or multiple titles will not be considered.
  8. We consider all work for Print or Online publication, including podcasts. The deadline for annual print issues is each Spring for publication in the Fall. Submissions after that deadline will be considered for the next Print issue, or Online.
  9. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere, through Submittable, and pull the piece. We publish only previously unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish or excerpt your work unless you request that we not do so.


Submit to Changing Skies Comics Submissions

Comics Submissions

  1. All submissions are free.
  2. We consider all work for Print or Online publication (including podcasts) and for marketing purposes in Print and Online in perpetuity.
  3. We accept multiple submissions — send separately as much as you like.
  4. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately by withdrawing the piece from Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere.
  5. We publish only unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish your work unless you request that we not do so.
  6. All submissions must be sent as .pdf files.
  7. Submissions must be climate change-oriented (broadly construed).
  8. Submissions must be creative nonfiction and fact-checkable.

Disclaimer: Hindsight Staff reserves the right to alter artwork during our formatting process (flipping, mirroring, etc.). All edits are subject to artist approval.

Disclaimer: Hindsight is a nonfiction writing journal, so art is secondary to the writing pieces we publish. We recommend you look through the previous editions of our journal on the website so you understand what you are publishing into.

Submit to Hindsight Prose Submissions

Written Submissions

  1. All submissions are free.
  2. All submissions must be creative nonfiction. We fact-check all writing.
  3. We consider all work for Print or Online publication, including podcasts. The deadline for annual print issues is each Fall for publication in the Spring. Submissions after that deadline will be considered for the next Print issue, or Online.
  4. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere, through Submittable, and pull the piece. We publish only previously unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish or excerpt your work unless you request that we not do so.
  5. ONE piece per submission. Submissions containing collections or multiple titles will not be considered.
  6. Please remove your name from your submission and file name to ensure an anonymous and fair selection process for all writing submissions.
  7. Submissions must be in Times New Roman 12 pt. font, double spaced. Indicate space breaks, if any, with a hashtag: #
  8. Submissions must be sent as a Word file (.doc or .docx).
  9. All citations, if any, must be done in Chicago footnote style.
Submit to Hindsight Poetry Submissions

Written Submissions

  1. Please remove your name from your submission and file name to ensure an anonymous selection process for all writing submissions.
  2. Submissions must be in Times New Roman 12 pt. font, single spaced, with an extra space indicating any stanza breaks.
  3. Submissions must be sent as a Word file (.doc or .docx). Do not submit PDFs.
  4. All citations, if any, must be done in Chicago footnote style.
  5. All submissions are free.
  6. All submissions must be creative nonfiction. We fact-check all writing. We regard poetry as a genre of form, not of content, with strong poetry potentially including "fiction." We only publish creative nonfiction, however, whether in forms of prose or poetry.
  7. ONE piece per submission. Submissions containing collections or multiple titles will not be considered.
  8. We consider all work for Print or Online publication, including podcasts. The deadline for annual print issues is each Spring for publication in the Fall. Submissions after that deadline will be considered for the next Print issue, or Online.
  9. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere, through Submittable, and pull the piece. We publish only previously unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish or excerpt your work unless you request that we not do so.
Submit to Hindsight Comics Submissions

Comix Submissions

  1. All submissions are free.
  2. We consider all work for Print or Online publication (including podcasts) and for marketing purposes in Print and Online in perpetuity.
  3. We accept multiple submissions — send separately as much as you like.
  4. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately by withdrawing the piece from Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere.
  5. We publish only unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish your work unless you request that we not do so.
  6. All submissions must be sent as .pdf files.
  7. Submissions must be creative nonfiction and fact-checkable.

Disclaimer: Hindsight Staff reserves the right to alter artwork during our formatting process (flipping, mirroring, etc.). All edits are subject to artist approval.

Disclaimer: Hindsight is a nonfiction writing journal, so art is secondary to the writing pieces we publish. We recommend you look through the previous editions of our journal on the website so you understand what you are publishing into.

Submit to Art Submissions (All Journals)
  1. All submissions are free.
  2. We consider all work for Print or Online publication (including podcasts) and for marketing purposes in Print and Online in perpetuity.
  3. We accept multiple submissions — send separately as much as you like.
  4. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately by withdrawing the piece from Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere.
  5. We publish only unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish your work unless you request that we not do so.
  6. Do not use this category for submitting comics or other work with significant writing. Only submit visual art here.
  7. All submissions must be sent as .png or .jpg files, formatted to 300 dpi or greater.

Disclaimer: Hindsight Staff reserves the right to alter artwork during our formatting process (flipping, mirroring, etc.). All edits are subject to artist approval.

Disclaimer: Hindsight is a nonfiction writing journal, so art is secondary to the writing pieces we publish. We recommend you look through the previous editions of our journal on the website so you understand what you are publishing into.

Hindsight Creative Nonfiction