Booth has long been a venue where the literary and the sonic intersect, and its audio submissions call reflects a considered engagement with the spoken word as a distinct literary form. The magazine, rooted in the tradition of independent literary publishing, seeks work that translates across mediums—narrative fiction, personal essay, spoken word, and hybrid forms—without privileging any single mode. The request for room tone at the beginning and end of each file signals an attention to the materiality of sound, a curatorial insistence that audio be treated as a crafted object rather than a mere recording of text. What distinguishes this call is its openness to the full range of literary audio: from the intimate register of the personal essay to the rhythmic architectures of spoken word, from narrative fiction read aloud to work composed specifically for the ear. The optional transcript underscores a respect for accessibility without imposing a hierarchy between written and sounded language. Submissions are capped at eight minutes, a constraint that demands concision and rewards work that understands the arc of a listening experience. The reading fee of $3.00 is standard for many literary magazines and supports the editorial labor behind each submission. Booth's affiliation with Butler University's MFA program situates it within an academic literary ecosystem that values both emerging and established voices. For the audio series, the curatorial vision is one of thoughtful curation over volume: work that rewards close listening, that understands silence and pacing as compositional elements, and that treats the audio file as a literary artifact in its own right.