ellipsis... literature & art is a longstanding literary journal with a dual commitment to writing and visual art. Its annual reading period for creative nonfiction operates on a principle of restraint: a single prose submission per writer, per year, capped at 8,000 words. That limit is not a formality but a curatorial stance—it presumes that the essay, the memoir fragment, and the lyric investigation deserve room to breathe, and that the writer's energies are best concentrated rather than dispersed across multiple entries. The journal does not charge a submission fee, a fact of increasing consequence in a landscape where reading fees have become a quiet barrier to access. There is no prize attached to this call, and no theme imposed upon it. What is sought is simply the strongest English-language prose the writer has, submitted in 12-point type and free of book reviews. The absence of a thematic prompt places the burden of subject and form squarely on the writer, which is where ellipsis... appears to believe it belongs. For the creative practitioner, this is a call defined by its constraints rather than its promises. One piece. Eight thousand words at the outer limit. No fee. A deadline in mid-December 2026. The journal's editorial vision, insofar as it can be inferred from its guidelines, favors work that earns its length and rewards close reading—prose that does not mistake volume for substance.