Petrichor is open for submissions and reading for the inaugural issue of The Drop

  • FICTION 

    For flash fiction submissions, under 1000 words, please send up to to three stories as a single document. For longer-form short fiction, please send one story at a time, from 1000 to 5000 words.

    NONFICTION 

    For flash nonfiction submissions, under 1000 words, please send up to three flash/short short essays as a single document. For longer-form short nonfiction, from 1000 to 5000 words, please send one essay as a single document.

  • Please single space individual poems and number each page.

    NOTE: We do not consider any poetry that has been previously posted or published/shared  on social media or other public forum.

  • We will feature one digital art image for the cover and up to three images per issue.

    Please send one to three images at at a time. Files should be JPGs, PNGs, or similar file type. Screen resolution for initial submission of 300 dpi or less is fine — if an image is accepted for publication, we may request a higher resolution file.

Submissions

The Drop digital art & literary journal is open for submissions and will be reading for our inaugural October 2026 issue.

The Drop is published four times a year and includes short form fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. We are also very open to genre/form blends and mixed media.

Please check  specifics above for each submission type. For mixed media, mashups or blends, choose best fit.

For all types of submissions, we only accept submissions via the Duosuma.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable and encouraged—but please let us know right away if your work is picked up elsewhere.

Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author. We will, however, house your work in our digital and/or audio archives for the lifespan of the journal. If you re-publish your work, we ask that you note its initial publication with us.

If you have to withdraw your work for any reason, please notify us via DuoSuma.

We strive to respond to submissions within four months or less.

We are not a paying publication at this time.

Submissions we will not consider:

  • We do not endorse the use of AI at any phase of the creative process (nor do we use it at any stage in the editorial or publishing process). For contributors, this includes, but is not limited to: brainstorming, pre-writing, conceptualizing, content creation, editing, or formatting. If you use AI for your creative work, please submit elsewhere.

  • Unsolicited previously published material—this includes materials included in books, periodicals, websites, social media, or other publicly accessible online venues.

  • Unsolicited revisions of work we have previously declined.