Five Points, the literary journal housed at Georgia State University, has long been a venue where the essay is treated as a serious art form rather than a subsidiary of journalism or memoir. Its pages have historically accommodated work that moves between criticism, personal narrative, and the lyric register, and this call for Volume 26, number 2 continues that editorial posture. The journal does not solicit thematic conformity; it seeks essays that are structurally deliberate and linguistically alert, whether they arrive as reported pieces, meditations, or hybrid forms. The terms of the call are precise. Each submission must consist of a single essay, no longer than 7,500 words, typed double-spaced, with the author's name on every page. A cover letter is required. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, and nonfiction translations are explicitly welcomed into the same channel. Work must be previously unpublished in all formats, and only electronic submissions are accepted. One submission per reading period is allowed. A reading fee of $4.00 (USD) applies. What the journal offers is publication in a respected university-affiliated review with a national readership, alongside the editorial attention that comes from a staff accustomed to reading essays as literary artifacts. There is no cash prize attached to this call, and the reward is not a contest but a place in an issue. The curatorial vision is therefore straightforward: essays that justify their length, that earn their digressions, and that demonstrate an awareness of the tradition they are entering.