WREATH Literary Collective is a Chicago based community and magazine.

For our summer edition, we are looking for submissions of poetry / prose / art / other word-stuff for the third issue of WREATH magazine. 

Here's a little about the idea WREATH was founded on: 

"The wreath, representative of the infinity within a circle, made up of leaves and stems and biological things that will die. I am constantly fascinated by the relationship between permanence and ephemerality. Sure, all things eventually go. And the sun is supposed to explode. But a lifetime is forever. " 

As it is summer, take this as inspiration and extend it to the idea of decadence & pleasure. I think of the bright hot flash that the summer season is and the fleeting nature of pleasure and beauty.

THINK THE SOLAR POWER ALBUM 

BUT SPECIFICALLY STONED AT THE NAIL SALON BY LORDE

"cause all the beautiful girls, they will fade like the roses"

Submission Guidelines

Files accepted: PDF, JPEG, Google Doc 

Maximum 3 poems or 8 pages per writing submission. 

Maximum 3 pieces for visual art submissions. 

Reprints are fine! (if they are okay with it)

Submissions open June 15th and close August 1st at 11:59pm. Anything sent afterwards will not be considered.   

Publication date to be set for the end of August. Contributors will have the opportunity to present their work at the release party (happening in Chicago), physical copies of the magazine will be sold. Contributors retain the rights to their work.