About OxMag
OxMag (or more formally: Oxford Magazine) is a literary & arts magazine edited and published by creative writing MFA students at Miami University. Since our premiere in 1984, our magazine has received Pushcart Prizes for both fiction and poetry and has published authors such as Charles Baxter, William Stafford, Robert Pinsky, Stephen Dixon, Helena Maria Viramontes, Andre Dubus, and Stuart Dybek. Appearing biannually, OxMag is a web-based journal that accepts fiction, poetry, art + new media, and creative nonfiction/essays.
ISSUE 55 SUBMISSIONS OPEN 9/15!
THEME: DEFIANCE
This submission period, we’re looking for work that demonstrates defiance in any and all forms. We want work that defies definition, defies form, genre, control, imposition, convention, repression—work that buckles under the weight of opposition yet still remains standing. We want to see artists who write rage, write ugly, and above all, write without shame or apology.
- Fiction: Please submit only one piece between 2500-5000 words (max).
- CNF: Please submit only one piece between 2500-5000 words (max).
- Poetry: Please submit no more than 3 poems, all contained in one document.
- Art + New Media: For all work (including 3D art pieces), please submit a high-resolution .JPEG, JPG, PNG, or .TIFF file. Though it isn’t required, you may also submit an artist statement about the work (100-200 words) in your cover letter.
Art & New Media Guidelines
For all work (including 3D art pieces), please submit a high-resolution .JPEG, JPG, PNG, or .TIFF file. Though it isn’t required, you may also submit an artist statement about the work (100-200 words) in your cover letter.
See https://sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/submit/ for general submission info!
What We're Looking For
Issue 55 Theme: DEFIANCE
This submission period, we’re looking for work that demonstrates defiance in any and all forms. We want work that defies definition, defies form, genre, control, imposition, convention, repression—work that buckles under the weight of opposition yet still remains standing. We want to see artists who write rage, write ugly, and above all, write without shame or apology.
Creative Non-Fiction Guidelines
Please submit only one piece between 1500-5000 words (max).
See https://sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/submit/ for general submission info!
What We're Looking For
Issue 55 Theme: DEFIANCE
From CNF editor Emma Rowan:
"Looking for all types of creative nonfiction outside of the academic and the pontifical—your personal essays, borrowed forms, lyrical fragments, ekphrasis, flash, writing verging on new journalism, etc. Send work that considers or embodies defiance and resistance in any way that’s meaningful to you; whether that’s defiance of genre and form or repression and constraint, send work that doesn’t so much sensationalize or glorify as reverberate."
Poetry Guidelines
Please submit no more than 3 poems in one document.
See https://sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/submit/ for general submission info!
What We're Looking For
Issue 55 Theme: DEFIANCE
From poetry editor Candace Renicks:
"Send poems that defy—defy the page, defy form, defy the expected. Break down the bounds of poetry. Spin a sonnet on its head. Crack open the page. We want poems that are “breaking the rules” and words that “break” the world around us."
Fiction Guidelines
Please submit only one piece between 1500-5000 words (max).
See https://sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/submit/ for general submission info!
What We're Looking For
Issue 55 Theme: DEFIANCE
From fiction editor Jordyn Damato:
"Send stories that defy the boundaries of form—send your unreliable narrators—send what causes fights at Thanksgiving—send anything you’re thinking, 'maybe I shouldn’t write about that…' Bold prose. Heartbreaking endings. Choke-worthy. That’s what we want to read."