PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES

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PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES ◈

Fortune favors the bold

The Catalyst

A community hub for the work of healers, organizers, artists, and other storytellers.

  • The Catalyst is a blog and community hub for the work of healers, organizers, artists, and other storytellers.

    The Catalyst welcomes submissions of opinion articles, reviews, essays, interviews, short stories, creative writing, poetry, educational guides, project launch statements, and anything else you can put your imagination to that seeks to inspire collective change and personal transformation. 

    The Catalyst is open to contributions on a rolling basis. The Catalyst is particularly interested in highlighting the work of BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+, Disabled/Neurodivergent, and other multiply marginalized folks.

    The Catalyst frequently runs flash campaigns in response to current events.

  • Yes! With a few stipulations.

    Please wait ~2 months between submissions of different content so The Catalyst can continue to highlight a wide array of work from as many people as possible.

    If you are an individual posting on behalf of an organization or collective, the 2 month period only applies between submissions for each org/collective. Please feel free to submit your own independent work as well.

  • Yes!

    The Catalyst is meant to be a community hub. This would not be possible without the involvement of community.

    Please email fortunamajorpress@gmail.com with your recommendations with the subject line Catalyst Referral.

  • The Catalyst is a platform working toward a more just, liberated future. This is not the space for work rooted in domination, supremacy, and dismissal of collective pain.

    Any work that even remotely resembles white supremacy, ableism, ageism, classism, sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, or appropriation will be denied.

Vulpecula Poetica

A poetry journal with an emphasis on creative nonfiction poetry and poetry that plays with form.

  • Vulpecula Poetica ("Little Fox Poetry") is an annual anthology with an emphasis on creative nonfiction poetry and poetry that plays with form.

    Featuring work from writers around the world and at every career stage.

  • Submission periods for Vulpecula Poetica are open once a year. Open periods will be announced in the newsletter and on social media.

  • Vulpecula Poetica is a platform working toward a more just, liberated future. This is not the space for work rooted in domination, supremacy, and dismissal of collective pain.

    Any work that even remotely resembles white supremacy, ableism, ageism, classism, sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, or appropriation will be denied.

    Additionally, Vulpecula Poetica does not accept work created in whole or in part through the use of AI.

Queer/Trans

Magic Magazine

An annual print anthology project highlighting 2SLGBTQ+ art, culture, history, and scholarship.

  • Queer/Trans Magic Magazine is an annual print anthology project highlighting emerging creatives whose work explore, honor, and transform lineages of queer magic & resilience.

    Each iteration presents new questions to be considered by its contributors through a vast array of work. Short stories, personal essays, poetry, photography, visual artwork, educational guides, spellwork, and anything else that you can conjure up are welcome for this anthology series.

    During our submission period for the next issue, you will find a link to our contributor form below.

  • Yes.

    Queer/Trans Magic’s first issue, Shapeshifting (published October 2023), was distinctly a zine anthology project. Shapeshifting was small, served a niche community interest, and was less than 30 pages.

    However, Queer/Trans Magic’s subsequent issue, Luxuria, received a massive outpouring of submissions thanks to the branding Fortuna Major Press decided to undertake for increased outreach. Since one of the goals of FMP is to create a pathway for emerging creatives to establish themselves within more traditional art and publishing scenes, Luxuria got promoted as both a zine and a magazine depending on the outlet.

    Looking into the future, it is possible that the scope and scale of the anthology project will change through time. Fortuna Major Press takes the stance that Queer/Trans Magic is genreflux, just like many of its contributors.

  • Submission periods for Queer/Trans Magic are open once a year in August through October.

  • Queer/Trans Magic is an anthology project working toward a more just, liberated future. This is not the platform for work rooted in domination, supremacy, and dismissal of collective pain.

    Any work that even remotely resembles white supremacy, ableism, ageism, classism, sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, or appropriation will be denied.

    Additionally, virtual and video work without screenshots or an additional visual component that can be printed alongside a QR code to view the full project will not be considered.

    The use of AI, in whole or in part, is not likely to be included without significant justification.

Ecstatic Resistance

Magazine

An annual print anthology and a creative home for healers, organizers, and catalysts for justice raising money for mutual aid and movement organizations.

  • Ecstatic Resistance Magazine is an annual print anthology project and a creative home for healers, organizers, and catalysts for justice.

    Ecstatic Resistance Magazine is open for submissions once a year under a specific theme. Each iteration will present new questions to be considered by its contributors through a vast array of creative work. Protest art, event fliers, personal essays, educational guides, poetry, photography, visual artwork and anything else that you can dream up are welcome for this series.

    A portion of profits of Ecstatic Resistance Magazine will be contributed toward mutual aid and movement based organizations aligned with the theme of each issue.

  • Submission periods for Ecstatic Resistance Magazine are open once a year from February to the end of April.

  • Ecstatic Resistance is an anthology project working toward a more just, liberated future. This is not the platform for work rooted in domination, supremacy, and dismissal of collective pain.

    Any work that even remotely resembles white supremacy, ableism, ageism, classism, sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, or appropriation will be denied.

    Additionally, work that includes faces of activists and protesters must demonstrate:

    • consent of all those featured (when possible)

    • a reasoning for revealing identities

  • Ecstatic Resistance Magazine is meant to be a hub and platform to uplift the work of those who dream of a more just, liberated future.

    As such, you are encouraged to freely distribute digital editions of the magazine as you see fit. You may not sell the magazine for profit without explicit permission nor share the work included through the use of AI like ChatGPT or the creation of NFTs.

Shaping Narratives.

Invoking Power.

Benefits Of Publishing With
FMP

  • To enable contributors from all backgrounds to participate in our publishing opportunities, Fortuna Major Press does not charge submission fees and never will.

    Let’s be honest: creators should not have to pay to play, yet this is becoming industry standard in the age of digital publishing. A small submission fee here and there might not sound like a big deal, but those fees add up — especially when so many people are already struggling to make ends meet.

    Fortuna Major Press exists to forge pathways for creatives to be recognized and celebrated in their respective fields regardless of financial capacity.

  • Many literary and arts journals do not consider previously published work (approximately 87%-91%, in fact). Here at Fortuna Major Press, we want to illuminate what is transformative — and what is transformative should not be limited to what hasn’t been seen before.

  • Fortuna Major Press offers more than just publishing, it offers a sense of belonging and community.

    When you’re published through Fortuna Major Press, you have the opportunity to join our growing international network of emerging and established healers, visionaries, organizers, artists, storytellers, and cultural catalysts. Offering exclusive, values-aligned Facebook & LinkedIn groups for collaboration, peer support, marketing, and more.

  • Fortuna Major Press partners with organizations and businesses that are aligned with our values. We want distribution networks that won’t sacrifice your authentic vision and voice.

  • Fortuna Major Press is owned and operated by a queer & disabled individual. When you publish and collaborate with FMP, you know that your creative work has found a home with someone who will treat it with respect and dignity regardless of your lived experience. It’s process over product, here. People over publications. Sometimes, that means that the pace of our work together is slow, but you can trust that it will be nurtured with sincerity and passion.