VOLTA is now open for submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. We welcome submissions from both emerging and established writers and artists. Response time varies, but we typically respond within 1-2 months. Please contact voltalitmag@gmail.com with any questions.
We publish poems of any length. Please send no more than six poems at once. If you need to withdraw part of your submission, please simply send us an email.
We publish fiction under 7,500 words. Please send only one piece at a time, unless the pieces are very short (under 1,000 words), in which case send up to three. We welcome excepts from longer pieces, so long as they are under the word count and can stand alone.
We publish a broad range of nonfiction, including personal essays, literary criticism, cultural criticism (art, film, etc.), travel writing, and environmental writing. The word limit is 3,000 words.
VOLTA welcomes all art mediums including; photography, illustration, printmaking, paintings, comics, drawings, and mixed media works. Please submit no more than 10 pieces. Additionally, please include a 150 word artist statement with your visual art submission.
We are looking for original, unpublished translations of literary works from any language into English. Please include the text in the original language with the submission, as well as the source of the original non-English piece, no more than 6,000 words of prose or 6 poems.