descant seeks high-quality work in either innovative or traditional forms.



Writers must confirm that work accepted by descant has not been previously published and that they will credit descant as the original publisher whenever and wherever else the work may be placed.


Submissions of fiction and poetry are ONLY considered from September 15 through April 1.


The process for reviewing submissions can take time, and the editors appreciate your patience as we look over your work. Decisions on submissions can take between four and six months. Please do not query before five months have passed.

Ends on April 1, 2019
Submitto Poetry
descant seeks high-quality work in either innovative or traditional forms. We usually prefer poems to be sixty lines or fewer, but we do, however, occasionally accept submissions exceeding this length. descant specifies no particular subject matter or style. Please submit no more than five poems at one time. 

Writers must confirm that work accepted by descant has not been previously published and that they will credit descant as the original publisher whenever and wherever else the work may be placed.

Submissions are considered from September 1 through April 1. 

The process for reviewing submissions can take time, and the editors appreciate your patience as we look over your work. Decisions on submissions can take between four and six months. Please do not query before five months have passed.
Ends on April 1, 2019
Submitto Fiction

descant seeks high-quality work in either innovative or traditional forms. We usually prefer fiction to be 5000 words or fewer, but we do, however, occasionally accept submissions exceeding this length. descant specifies no particular subject matter or style. Please submit only one story. 


Writers must confirm that work accepted by descant has not been previously published and that they will credit descant as the original publisher whenever and wherever else the work may be placed.


Submissions are considered from September 1 through April 1.


The process for reviewing submissions can take time, and the editors appreciate your patience as we look over your work. Decisions on submissions can take between four and six months. Please do not query before five months have passed.

Submitto Reviews, Interviews, Craft Essays, and the Like
Are you itching to review the book you read last weekend?  Do you write interviews of literary luminaries in your spare time?  Are you a practiced writer with something interesting to say about the craft of others?  Want to celebrate the literary arts -- hell, all the arts -- in some sort of fashion we're not anticipating here? Send us something thoughtful to consider, and we'll consider it for publication on our website, descant.tcu.edu. 

So, the take-away is we're open to thoughtful stuff, on a variety of topics, even in a variety of media.  All we ask is that you knock us out.  Hard. 

Don't believe us?  Send us something good, get it published, and find out.  
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