Open callKahf
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Kahf invites proposals and submissions from writers, artists, poets, designers, & storytellers for digital.
Please familiarize yourself with our vision, style, and guidelines before reaching out or submitting. Rolling submissions are open; there are no fixed deadlines.
Editorial Vision
Kahf publishes work at a crossroads of thought and beauty. We aim to mix intellectual curiosity, aesthetic criticism, and artistic expression. Through online offerings and print magazines, our published pieces address a sweep of topics through a range of genres across the arts and humanities. Contributions include philosophy, literature, visual art, history, aesthetics, film, design, religion, education, short story, poetry, letters, and creative non-fiction. We are proud how the work of longer in the tooth scholars tangles with fresh perspectives from budding thinkers and the creative work of imaginative aesthetes.
Style
Our goal is to offer both an intellectual lamp and an aesthetic joy. We believe content and form are equally substantive; what one produces is as important as how it's cooked. Our community of readers are knotted together by a shared interest in aesthetic, imaginative, intellectual, and elegant explorations of past, present, and future. Submissions to Kahf are selected, equally, because of an author's prose and pull of the ideas. Please lean into your writing personality and enjoy the process!
Essays
Essays run 750–1500 words. Submit a 250-word abstract describing your topic and proposed exploration; we strongly prefer abstracts to completed drafts. Previously published work cannot be accepted. Abstracts should address contemporary relevance and connection to Kahf's audience.
Poetry & Short Stories
Complete works preferred and accepted, no word-count restriction.
Visual Art
Photography, painting, drawing, sketching, calligraphy, video essays. Include title and accompanying text if needed.
Send all submitted essays, poetry and short stories as PDF or Word documents.
Send your work
One form for every category. It reaches the editors with your file attached, and replies come straight back to you.
Prefer email? submissions@kahfmagazine.com
Abstracts before drafts. Tell us what you are chasing.
