Call For Submissions
Shō Poetry Journal, an Arizona-based nonprofit print journal, seeks striking cover art for Shō No. 8 (for release in January 2026). The selected artwork will be featured on the cover of our winter issue, on our social media platforms, and will be used for promotional purposes. Submit here.
Payment is one contributor copy and a small honorarium. Due to the high costs of international shipping, artists based outside the U.S. may either receive a PDF copy of the journal or a print copy in place of the honorarium.
Responses will be sent by the end of October 2025.
Full guidelines
- Submit up to eight original high-resolution images (as individual images). We will consider one submission per artist.
- We are interested in a variety of mediums, but have a strong preference for painting and illustration in full color. We will also consider photography, graphic design, and mixed media. We are open to all styles.
Please include the following information in your cover letter:
- The title(s) of your work, medium, year completed.
- A short third-person biographical statement (approx. 50 words) and links to your portfolio or any social media platforms you use to promote your work.
- An artist’s statement (optional).
- If the artwork you are submitting has appeared online or in a gallery, please include a link. If it is previously unpublished (including blogs and social media), please mention this. Please do not include artwork that has previously appeared in print.
Image requirements
- File format: jpg, png, or tiff
- Resolution: 300 dpi
- Image size: At least 1875 x 2775 pixels. We will consider landscape-oriented images if they can wrap around the front and back of the journal, with enough negative space on the back to list contributor names.
- Art must not have been created or manipulated using AI.
Here are some of our recent covers:
Pictured above:
– Cover art for Shō No. 7 & Shō No. 6 by Tanya Rastogi;
– Cover art for Shō No. 5 & Shō No. 4 by Harim Choi.
Submission Period
September 10, 2025 - October 12, 2025
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