Trace Fossils Review positions itself as a refuge for difficult work—material that resists easy comprehension, that is hard to put on paper, and that leaves the reader or viewer possessed. The review's editorial statement, signed by Jessie and Gideon, frames the publication as a house that receives your thoughts tenderly, with open ears and the knowledge that it will never be truly ours. This is not a venue for polished, agreeable work; it is a space for the resonant, the stubborn, the work that feels hard as stone. The review publishes quarterly and hosts four submission periods per year. This call falls within the Fall window, with a fixed deadline of October 31, 2026. There is no submission fee. Art and multimedia submissions may include up to three pieces per submission period. For photography and multimedia, JPEG and PNG formats are accepted, and submissions must meet a minimum image quality standard. The publication is online and remote, with no geographic restriction. What artists receive is publication in a quarterly review that explicitly values difficulty and possession over marketability. The curatorial vision is one of stewardship rather than ownership: the editors promise to treat accepted work as an old house—tenderly, with open ears—while acknowledging that it will never be truly theirs. This is a call for work that haunts, that resists, that demands a reader or viewer willing to sit with discomfort. The review seeks art and multimedia that operate in the register of the trace fossil: impressions left behind, evidence of something that passed through, difficult to decode but impossible to ignore.