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IHRAM Submissions 2026
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IHRAM Press pays $50 per accepted written piece and $25 per accepted artist.
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Our publishing schedule
Pushcart-Prize, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and PEN nominating literary journal.
Our Literary Magazines in 2026 will be released triannually.
2027 IHRAM Literary Magazine submissions calls are open now. They will be released bi-annually.
Important Submission Information
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AI POLICY
If you choose to submit to IHRAM Press, please note that any content written, assisted, or edited using AI (including your submitted piece, foreword, and author bio) will result in an immediate rejection.
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WE ONLY ACCEPT WORK THAT IS UNPUBLISHED.
If you choose to submit to IHRAM Press, please note that we do not accept work that has been previously published. While we accept simultaneous submissions (i.e. the same submission that was sent elsewhere), you will need to inform us if your piece has been accepted elsewhere.
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PUBLISHED WORKS ACCEPTED UNDER FIRST WORLD RIGHTS.
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ALL RIGHTS REVERT TO THE WRITER UPON PUBLICATION.
Magazine edition Quarter One 2027: Language, Censorship, and Translation
Submissions open from September 15th - November 15th 2026
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO?
We are seeking firsthand experiences, factual retellings of stories from the author’s life, and personal reflections exploring the relationship between language, identity, expression, and power. We welcome submissions from writers around the world, regardless of gender, identity, nationality, or background. We are particularly interested in work that considers how language shapes the way we understand ourselves and others, and what happens when people are denied, constrained, misunderstood, or unable to use their own voice.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO PUBLISH (AND NOT LIMITED TO):
How language shapes identity and belonging
Language as a form of personal expression
Language and social status
Multilingual and cross-cultural experiences
Translation and the politics of translation
What is gained, lost, or transformed through translation
Preserving meaning, voice, and cultural context across languages
Finding the language to speak out
The limitations of mother language vs translated language
Silence, censorship, and self-censorship
The relationship between language, culture, and political power
How language can reinforce or challenge systems of power
TRANSLATION:
We welcome translated work and writing about the experience of translation as a way to fight censorship and speak about change.
If you are submitting a translated piece, you must provide your own translator. Please note that we do not accept AI-assisted or written translations. While we aim to publish work written or translated into English; however, submissions originally written in other languages are welcome if they accompany an English translation.
What happens to meaning, voice, tone, identity, and cultural context when a story moves from one language to another? What can be preserved, and what inevitably changes? Language can mean spoken or written words, translation, silence, gesture, accent, dialect, mother tongue, inherited language, lost language, forbidden language, or any other form through which people communicate, express themselves, or are denied expression.
Important Submission Requirements
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Maximum 5 poems per submission.
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2500 words or less
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Accepted Visual Art includes: mixed media, acrylics, oil paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, sculptures, or any forms that fit our publication’s themes.
Please note, your published artwork might be presented in black-and-white and therefore should be suitable for “print”.
We WILL NOT accept any AI-Generated art. Ensure your artwork is submitted as .JPG, .PDFs, or .PNGs.
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Include the call you are responding to in the email’s subject line
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
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Writers whose submissions are accepted will receive payment of $50.
Accepted artists will receive $25.
Submit now:
If you’re having problems submitting your work using our form, please reach out to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org
Magazine edition Quarter Two 2027: Indigenous Voices and Cultural Myths for Resistance
Submissions open from October 1st - December 1st 2026. Our editorial team will begin reviewing submissions on October 1st.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO?
We are seeking firsthand experiences from original thinkers and land stewards, factual retellings, and personal reflections that shaped the writer’s adulthood, valuing the native voice and Indigenous history. This magazine will also explore the relationship between spirituality, myth, dreams, memory, culture, identity, resistance, and Indigenous voices. We welcome submissions from writers around the world, regardless of gender or identity.
We are particularly interested in how creativity becomes a form of resistance and generational memory. How can storytelling preserve what has been suppressed? How do myths and inherited stories reflect the way we understand ourselves and the world? What does it mean to reclaim a tradition, history, or narrative that has been marginalised or erased?
We encourage writers to approach these questions through their own lived experiences and perspectives.
We especially welcome submissions from Indigenous writers and communities whose histories, traditions, or cultural identities have experienced marginalisation, suppression, or erasure. We also welcome anyone with a meaningful personal connection to the themes of myth, cultural memory, storytelling, identity, and resistance.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO PUBLISH (AND NOT LIMITED TO):
Indigenous communities and cultural traditions
Traditions that have been suppressed or threatened with erasure
Myths, histories, and ideologies that have been marginalised or erased
Cultural identity and its preservation through art and literature
Myths and stories that form the basis of traditions, beliefs, and worldviews
How myths shape cultural identity and collective memory
The influence of myths on contemporary perceptions
Oral traditions and the transmission of cultural knowledge
Storytelling, art, and literature as forms of resistance and reclamation
The loss, preservation, or rediscovery of cultural stories
Submission Requirements
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Maximum 5 poems per submission.
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2500 words or less
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Accepted Visual Art includes: mixed media, acrylics, oil paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, sculptures, or any forms that fit our publication’s themes.
Please note, your published artwork might be presented in black-and-white and therefore should be suitable for “print”.
We WILL NOT accept any AI-Generated art. Ensure your artwork is submitted as .JPG, .PDFs, or .PNGs.
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Include the call you are responding to in the email’s subject line
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
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Writers whose submissions are accepted will receive payment of $50.
Accepted artists will receive $25.
Submit now:
If you’re having problems submitting your work using our form, please reach out to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org
Submission Guidelines
Please include the the following required information in your submission:
Include the call you are responding to in the email’s subject line
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
Magazine issue Quarter Three 2026: Stories of Women of Colour and Culture
Coming out October 30th 2026
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO WITH THIS MAGAZINE ISSUE?
This issue will be dedicated to amplifying the voices of women of colour, including transgender women and women living across cultures as expats, migrants, or in diasporic communities. It will explore stories of hope, resistance, and resilience—shining a light on the struggles, strengths, and creativity of women of colour worldwide.
We also acknowledge that terms such as “women of colour,” “BIPOC,” or “BAME” can be limiting, centering whiteness in ways that feel triggering or reductive. We invite contributors to self-identify in the ways that feel most authentic to them. This issue is a platform for visibility, empowerment, and art as resistance. We recognize that not all inequalities are experienced the same way. Therefore, we wish to highlight intersectional feminism in this collection and amplify those voices.
IHRAM Literary Magazine Quarter 2
Stories of Land and Climate
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2026 Magazine Submissions FAQs
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Of course, we will continue to look, to listen and to learn about issues of concern for creators from Algeria to Zimbabwe, and everywhere in between!
Up to 50% of each issue will be reserved for pieces that expand our understanding of human rights and social justice concerns not covered by the quarterly theme.
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Does IHRAM Press have more open submission opportunities for 2026?
Not at the moment.
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Empower through anthologies that celebrate and protect up-and-coming creative freedom fighters, from every corner of the world.