The Basics

    • Coreopsis: Journal of Myth & Theatre is published twice yearly Spring and Autumn.
    • The deadline for all final submissions is posted with the paper call. Most works are sent back for several rounds of revisions, so make sure to send us your initial query as early as possible.
    • Copyright and reprinting rights remain with the author after publication by default. See our Licensing Guide for more information.
    • We do not currently offer compensation for any published material.
    • We will never charge fees for submissions.
    • Papers for peer review must be submitted in APA Style only.  Specifically, APA version 6.

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We currently accept submissions in the following categories:

Each category has its own criteria. Read the submissions guidelines carefully for the category you submit to.

Submissions that do not adhere to the following guidelines will be rejected.

We do not accept the following:

    • Reprints
    • Previously published material (artwork published on an artist’s personal blog does not necessarily count)
    • Unsolicited poetry or works of fiction

How to Submit Your Work
Send us a query using the form provided on the submission page for your category. If your work aligns with the theme of an upcoming issue, we’ll contact for the full submission using the email address you provided.

Once we’ve contacted you requesting your full submission, you will be asked to submit your finished work according to the guidelines for the category it was submitted in. We may request revisions, so make sure to send it well in advance of issue deadlines.

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Call: Coreopsis Autumn 2024

A handful of women writers entered the genres of science fiction and fantasy in the late 1960s and through the ’80s. Their influences can be felt throughout literature today.

This issue will explore how these women writers blazed unique trails and shaped modern speculative fiction, from telepathic dragons to robots to space travel to post-apocalyptic landscapes.

Call: Coreopsis Autumn 2025

In this issue we will explore utopia, dystopia, and the alternatives to Lucretius’ “the way things are” in this age of disenchantment. Topics to consider are explorations of estrangement from community, the environment, and one another. Is Kropotkin’s mutual aid a pointer on the map for a more survivable, equitable, kinder future?

Call: Coreopsis Spring 2025

Topics to consider: the magic & science of dissonance and harmony; order ad anarchy; inspiration and life’s small triumphs; mystery and dark places.