Yellow Arrow Journal open for submissions on the theme UNFURL


Call For Submissions

Yellow Arrow Journal is excited to announce that submissions are open for the spring 2025 (Vol. X, No. 1) issue:

UNFURL
: to release from a furled, coiled, or wrapped state
: to open out from or as if from a furled state
: to unfold

Yellow Arrow Journal accepts creative nonfiction and poetry submissions from women-identifying writers. Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting. Submissions close February 28, and the issue will be released in May.

This issue of Yellow Arrow Journal explores the process people go through when finding and transforming into their authentic selves. UNFURL will be a survey of the unique journeys people take when experiencing and undergoing self-transformation, journeys that all start with a little fire, a desire, deep inside. The guest editor for UNFURL will be Sara J. Streeter (she/her).

Sara J. Streeter, or 한혜숙 Hea Sook Han, is a writer and a Korean-American adoptee. Since starting her writing journey in 2021, Sara found her writing community through Adoptee Voices and developed a meaningful connection to readers, both within the adoption constellation and beyond. She mainly writes creative nonfiction prose and has been published in literary journals, such as Longleaf Review, Hippocampus Magazine, Peatsmoke Journal, The Rappahannock Review, GASHER Journal, Cutleaf Journal, and others. Sara has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fiction. She joined the Yellow Arrow community when her piece “Bitter / Sweet” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal kitalo Vol. IX, No. 2. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her family and is an interior designer for a small hospitality firm. You can find her at sarajstreeter.com.

You can also view a video with Sara’s thoughts on the theme at our Yellow Arrow YouTube channel.


Submission Period
February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025

Contact Name
Kapua Iao
Contact Title
Editor-in-Chief
Contact Email Address

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