Seneca Review: Beyond Category
Overview
Seneca Review, a long-standing literary magazine, is expanding its purview to accommodate work that operates beyond the confines of a single genre or medium. This call seeks projects that challenge the boundaries of the lyric essay, prose poem, and text-only or image-only compositions. The editors express interest in a broad range of digital and analog projects, including experimental typography, splicings, documentary poetics, visual-textual hybrids, multimedia essays, collage, live coding, new media, old media with new applications, audio, video, bio-art, and book arts. The submission limit is 25 pages. The journal's curatorial vision is explicitly inclusive of outliers, anachronisms, protochronisms, and oddball experiments—anything that resists easy categorization. This openness signals a commitment to work that might not find a home in traditional literary or art publications. While the call does not specify a prize or honorarium, it offers publication in a respected venue with a history of supporting innovative writing. The $3 fee is a standard practice for many literary magazines, though it may be a consideration for some submitters. By inviting work that goes 'beyond just words' and 'beyond just images,' Seneca Review positions itself at the intersection of literary and artistic practices. The editors encourage submissions from those working in hybrid forms, whether through digital tools or analog methods. The lack of a stated prize or award suggests that the primary reward is publication and the opportunity to reach an audience interested in boundary-pushing work. The deadline of November 1, 2026, provides ample time for artists to develop and refine their projects.