Thank you for your interest in EcoTheo Review, the flagship literary magazine of the EcoTheo Collective.
We will consider work for our Winter 2025 issue when our submission window reopens from October 18 through November 30, 2025.
Please review the requirements for each genre before submitting your work. You should also read what we publish to make sure your work is a good fit.
Please note: Visual Arts are curated exclusively through Call for Entry (CaFE). To submit visual art, see the guidelines at https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16257
ABOUT US
EcoTheo Review publishes original visual art, poetry, fiction, and essays, along with book reviews and interviews that explore our connections and conundrums in nature and faith. We are inclusive of all religious traditions and seek the broadest possible range of spiritual expression. To learn more about us and explore the types of work we publish, visit our website at www.ecotheo.org/magazine.
We consider and publish:
- All forms of expression, including poetry, prose (i.e., fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, interviews, and reviews), and visual art;
- Work that reflects our values of curiosity, justice, and community;
- Work that explores questions of ecology and spirituality from within and outside all religious traditions,
To learn more about Eco Theo Review, visit our website at www.ecotheo.org/magazine.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
- We consider all submissions for publication on our website and/or in our quarterly print issues.
- Please allow us at least three months to review your submission. Our editors are volunteers who also have other work, family, and creative commitments. We appreciate your patience as we carefully consider all submissions.
- We do not accept previously published work, but we do accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- Work that has been created, in any part, with the assistance of AI tools is not eligible for submission or publication.
- See detailed genre-specific guidelines below when the submission window opens.
- Please note: Visual Arts are curated exclusively through Call for Entry (CaFE). To submit visual art, see the guidelines at https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16257
For inquiries related to the website or other matters, email us at etr@ecotheo.org.
Visual Art Submission Guidelines
General: We welcome most forms of visual art, including but not limited to painting, photography, drawings and sketches, sculptures, and more. Submissions must not exceed six images (color or B&W). We do not accept works that have been created in collaboration with AI. There is no need to follow up on receipt of your work. If you haven't heard from us in three months, you may give us a little nudge via Submittable.
Format:
1. Submit 3-6 images with files labeled: Last name_first name_title_media_size_year (whatever image size you had previously is fine and should be added here).
2. Include a brief bio (250 words or less).
3. An artist statement (500 words or fewer) that addresses the connection between your work and the theme as you interpret it.
Policy Reminders
We publish all forms of expression, including poetry, prose (i.e., fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, interviews, and reviews), and visual art that reflect our values of curiosity, justice, and community.
Work that has been created, in any part, with the assistance of AI tools is not eligible for submission or publication.
We consider all submissions for publication on our website and/or in our quarterly print issues.
Please allow us at least three months to review your submission. Our editors are volunteers with other work, family, and creative commitments. We appreciate your patience as we give all submissions the consideration they deserve. We do not accept previously published work, but we do accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere.
For inquiries related to the website or other matters, email us at etr@ecotheo.org.