Guidelines

We encourage original submissions in the listed categories. You may submit in more than one category, but please use the appropriate forms. We make room as we are able for fiction; please send an email to see if your fiction piece might find a place here

Yanaguana is published in digital format twice a year: Fall · Winter and Spring · Summer. Work we accept for Yanaguana is typically published in the next available issue. Please be aware of the submission deadlines for each issue.

If we accept your work we will request first serial publication rights. Rights return to the author after publication.

Please also let us know if you are submitting your work elsewhere.

Categories of Work Story

poetry · eco poetry · poetic medicine

singing waters

visual arts

reviews · interviews

essay · memoir · creative nonfiction

Formatting

We do our best to honor creative formats and fonts; always include instructions with your work if you wish us to retain special formatting, and for such formatting it is a good idea to include a pdf or image (if you are able to make one!) so we can more easily understand your intentions.

AI

We recognize that AI permeates our culture. We choose to publish authentic works only and ask that you please disclose any use of Artificial Intelligence in your work and in which ways AI may have contributed to your work. If your work is found to be AI assisted and not disclosed, we will not publish it. Otherwise, we return all AI manufactured items.

Submission Deadlines

Yanaguana is published twice yearly in Fall · Winter and Spring · Summer issues. Find announced themes for each issue under the “Submit Your Work” tab. We strive to respond promptly to all submissions, but if you hear only crickets please send us an email asking what's up.

Rights

Yanaguana will notify you if your submission is accepted. If we publish your work we ask that you grant us first North American Serial Rights and electronic media rights to your work, and we ask that Yanaguana be acknowledged if the work is subsequently published in book format or reprinted in another venue. All rights revert back to author after publication.

Artists whose work is accepted will be celebrated through Yanaguana's social media, but there will be no further remuneration, unless negotiated separately. We are delighted and honored if you also tag Yanaguana in your social media posts upon publication.

***Yanaguana is aware of our speech acts and will not consider work that makes use of hate speech in unwise ways such as racism, Xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, Transphobia, ableism, or ageism. At our own discretion we will not publish gratuitous use of obscenities, sex, or violence. We are committed to inclusivity, honoring diverse voices and perspectives --Punto!

Poetry

Send up to three poems, as you interpret—are inspired by—the theme of the issue, in a single Word or PDF document.

Poetic Medicine

We encourage submissions from poetic medicine classes or circles and, otherwise, those who make poems of healing. Send up to three poems in a single document. If multiple submissions from a group, combine into larger document.

Eco Poetry

We look for the several varieties of eco poetry and any poetry bent by, or infused with, science. Send up to three poems in a single document. If multiple submissions from a group, combine into larger document.

Singing Waters

We set aside this section for self-identifed Indigenous and ChicanX creative storywork, including, but not limited to, work described under any of the categories we accept. All work should be formatted following those respective guidelines.

Visual Art

We want to view original, unpublished, and highly skilled visual art that fits the issue's theme. The kind of art we look for includes, but is not limited to, fine art, photography, illustration, graphic art, or mixed media. Submit up to 3 images of your visual artwork.

Essay • Memoir • Creative Nonfiction

Send your prose submissions as inspired or interpreted by the theme of the issue, in a single Word or PDF document. We prefer these be no more than 2,500 words, although longer work may be considered.

Reviews • Interviews

Reviews of any subject must include the subject author's name(s), their biography, and the title of the work, genre, author image, book image, in addition to the body of the review, which should be no more than 1,000 words. Submit your review as a document.

Interviews have their own rationale and context and must include information about both parties to the interview, and a defining statement of context.