Submission Guidelines

Magazine submissions are open until February 22, 2026. Blog submissions are open until April 26, 2026. Submission forms are linked in each section below.

Anyone can submit to POTE, as many times as they’d like! Co-submissions are also welcome. All submissions should speak compellingly to a subject or issue within the broader motifs of the natural environment, human society, and their intersections. Blog submissions are welcome to explore this in any capacity, while magazine submissions should also consider The Warbler’s annual theme. Our 2025-26 issue’s theme is The Unpredictable Environment: Natural Phenomena and Anomalies.

    • You may indicate where you would like your work to be considered (blog, print, or both) and where you’d prefer your work be published. Please note that submissions with an audio or video component can only be published on the blog.

    • Separate forms exist for submitting Fiction & Poetry, Nonfiction, and Art & Photography, but feel free to combine or defy genre to any extent that inspires you.

    • Please note that the use of generative AI for any aspect of your submission is not permitted.

    • Any photographs included in your submission should have a caption with credit.

    • For the blog only, we accept video and short film submissions: fictional narratives, documentaries, animations, analysis, footage, etc. Submit through the Fiction & Poetry or Nonfiction form depending on your work’s genre. Submissions should be thoughtfully edited and formatted as .mp4 files.

    Art & Photography Submission Form

    Fiction & Poetry Submission Form

    Nonfiction Submission Form

  • Art & Photography Submission Form

    Art: We accept traditional and digital art, paintings and drawings, collage, graphic design, photos of 3D works, comics, etc. — any art form of your interest, including small collections of several works with a unifying theme. Submissions should include a short written artist statement. Submission files should be high quality digital photos/scans of your work.

    Photography: We accept single photographs or photography collections. Photographs should include a short written introduction/description or captions; collections should have a unifying theme. Photography can be analog or digital, but submissions must be in the form of high quality .jpg digital files.

  • Fiction & Poetry Submission Form

    Poetry: We accept single poems and small collections (~4 or less works). All forms of poetry are welcome; language should be thoughtfully crafted. Audio files of spoken poetry are also welcome (blog only).

    Music: We accept lyrics, scores, and/or recordings of original music; audio recordings can only be published on the blog.

    Stories & Other Prose: Fiction pieces can be any length, from short stories to longer works (~6 or less pages). Submissions should be compelling, entertaining, novel, and/or figuratively rich.

  • Nonfiction Submission Form

    Interviews: Interviewees can be anyone with a unique or compelling perspective on an environmental humanities topic. Written interview transcripts should be concise and formatted for easy readability. Audiovisual interviews and podcasts are also welcome (blog only).

    Essays & Other Nonfiction: We accept academic or personal essays, reporting, memoir, criticism, commentary, etc. Works should be concise and compelling (~6 or less pages). Opinion pieces should be clearly articulated and well-supported.