Quibble is a literary magazine and collective interested in work that takes risks, asks difficult questions, and gives readers something worth lingering over.
We publish contemporary poetry, prose, and visual art in print and online, with each volume loosely organized around a new theme. Our themes are invitations rather than assignments: a place to begin, push against, reinterpret, or ignore entirely.
We’re drawn to work with imagination, tension, curiosity, and a point of view. We like pieces that surprise us—not simply through novelty, but through attention: work that notices something closely enough to make us notice it differently too.
What We Publish
Quibble accepts submissions in:
- Poetry
- Prose — fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, and experimental forms
- Visual Art — including photography, painting, illustration, collage, digital work, mixed media, and related forms
Specific limits, file requirements, themes, and deadlines are listed within each open submission call below.
A Few Things to Know
- Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, just withdraw it or let us know promptly.
- You retain the rights to your work. Quibble asks only for the permissions necessary to publish and promote accepted work as part of the magazine.
- Selected contributors receive a complimentary print copy of the issue in which their work appears.
We welcome emerging and established artists alike. Publication history, credentials, and proximity to the literary world matter far less to us than the work itself.
Read the guidelines for the category you’re submitting to, choose the open call that fits, and send us what you’re excited about - we look forward to spending time with it, and thank you for reading and the chance to review your work!
Quibble is a literary magazine and collective interested in writing that takes risks, asks difficult questions, and gives readers something worth lingering over. We publish contemporary writers and artists across print, online, and community programming. We like work with imagination and tension in it.
Volume IX: HUMBLE
For Volume IX, our theme is HUMBLE.
To be humble is not necessarily to be small. It can mean remaining teachable: knowing certainty has limits, that attention and posture change us, and that there is always something—or someone—we have not yet learned how to understand.
We’re interested in stories that encounter those limits: work of revision, naivete, misjudgment, and discovery; work that changes its mind or finds itself made strange by what it thought it knew.
HUMBLE is an invitation to learn, unlearn, look again, and stay unfinished.
As always, the theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement.
Prose Guidelines
Submit up to 2 pieces of prose in a single document. Fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and other forms are welcome.
Author Bio
Please include a short, third-person bio in your submission.
File Guidelines
- File type: .doc or .docx
- Formatting: double- or single-spaced, 12 pt, readable typeface
- File name: LastName_Title, or another clear equivalent
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, simply withdraw it or let us know promptly.
File Guidelines
- File type: .doc or .docx
- Formatting: single-spaced, 12 pt, readable typeface
- File name: LastName_Title or another clear equivalent
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If a poem is accepted elsewhere, simply withdraw it or let us know.
Publication, Rights & Contributor Copy Compensation
Selected work will be published at QuibbleLit.com, shared through Quibble's platforms, and collected in the print edition of Volume IX: HUMBLE.
Every contributor receives a complimentary print copy. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer payment as part of our publication process - we're still a negative-profit venture, but we will champion the hell out of your work however the best we can.
You retain the rights to your work. Quibble asks only for permission to publish and promote your work as part of the issue, while respecting any existing publishing agreements.
Thank you for trusting us with your work, we take the honor gratefully and look forward to reviewing it!
Quibble is a literary magazine and collective interested in writing that takes risks, asks difficult questions, and gives readers something worth lingering over. We publish contemporary writers and artists across print, online, and community programming. We like work with imagination and tension in it.
Volume IX: HUMBLE
For Volume IX, our theme is HUMBLE.
To be humble is not necessarily to be small. It can mean remaining teachable: knowing certainty has limits, that attention and posture change us, and that there is always something—or someone—we have not yet learned how to understand.
We’re interested in poems that encounter those limits: work of revision, naivete, misjudgment, and discovery; work that changes its mind or finds itself made strange by what it thought it knew.
HUMBLE is an invitation to learn, unlearn, look again, and stay unfinished.
As always, the theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement.
Poetry Guidelines
Submit up to 3 poems in a single document.
Please include a short, third-person author bio.
File Guidelines
- File type: .doc or .docx
- Formatting: single-spaced, 12 pt, readable typeface
- File name: LastName_Title or another clear equivalent
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If a poem is accepted elsewhere, simply withdraw it or let us know.
Publication, Rights & Contributor Copy Compensation
Selected work will be published at QuibbleLit.com, shared through Quibble's platforms, and collected in the print edition of Volume IX: HUMBLE.
Every contributor receives a complimentary print copy. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer payment as part of our publication process - we're still a negative-profit venture, but we will champion the hell out of your work however the best we can.
You retain the rights to your work. Quibble asks only for permission to publish and promote your work as part of the issue, while respecting any existing publishing agreements.
Thank you for trusting us with your work, we take the honor gratefully and look forward to reviewing it!
Quibble is a literary magazine and collective interested in work that takes risks, asks difficult questions, and gives audiences something worth lingering over. We publish contemporary writers and artists across print, online, and community programming. We like work with imagination and tension in it.
Volume IX: HUMBLE
For Volume IX, our theme is HUMBLE.
To be humble is not necessarily to be small. It can mean remaining teachable: knowing that certainty has limits, that attention & postures change us, and that there is always something - or someone - we have not yet learned how to understand.
We’re interested in work that encounters those limits. Images of revision, naivete, misjudgment, discovery; work that shifts its attention, changes our perspective, or makes strange what we thought we knew.
HUMBLE is an invitation to learn, unlearn, look again, and stay unfinished.
As always, the theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement. Strong work does not need to fit neatly inside it.
Art Guidelines
Submit up to 3 works for consideration.
We welcome photography, painting, illustration, collage, digital work, mixed media, and other visual forms that translate well to print and online publication.
Please include a short, third-person artist bio.
File Guidelines
- File type: .jpg, .png, or .pdf
- Resolution: highest-quality version available; 300 DPI preferred
- File name: LastName_Title, or another clear equivalent
Please submit only work you have the rights to publish. Simultaneous submissions are welcome; just let us know if a piece becomes unavailable.
Publication, Rights & Contributor Copy
Selected work will be published at QuibbleLit.com, shared through Quibble's platforms, and collected in the print edition of Volume IX: HUMBLE.
Every contributor receives a complimentary print copy.
You retain the rights to your work. Quibble asks only for permission to publish and promote your work as part of the issue, while respecting any existing publishing agreements.
Thank you for trusting us with your work. We look forward to seeing it.