Call for Submissions! Submit your writing & art to Soft Focus Zine

We are a new print zine publication looking to foster a community where people can share their love for movies through writing and art. We are interested in the process of sharing ideas through tangible means and creating a physical object that can be held, shared, lost, found, framed, ripped, etc.

​We hope to create an accessible space that is enjoyable for folks with all different levels of filmic knowledge and experience. Whether you only watch films made in the 1930s or love to preach about rom coms, we want to hear from you! We are interested in work that explores movie watching/making through a personal and emotional lens. We want to hear your unique thoughts, feelings, and experiences. We value intentionality, vulnerability, strong voices, and distinctive perspectives.

We are interested in personal essays, reviews, interviews, creative non-fiction, humor pieces, cultural criticism, odes, love letters, artwork, photography, comics, etc. We are not currently accepting fiction stories or pieces that are overtly academic in nature (we want this zine to be accessible to a wide audience). If you are unsure if your submission meets what we are looking for, please send us an email! Since we are a new publication we are open to some fluidity/experimentation.

Submissions open on May 1st and close on July 1st. For more information and to stay up to date on our goings-on, please follow our instagram @softfocus_zine

For Submission Guidelines, please visit https://softfocuszine.wixsite.com/softfocus/submit