Now accepting Submissions for Issue I of Culture Shelf Magazine
The inaugural issue of Culture Shelf Magazine is slated for January 2026. The theme is “Imagination and Creation”, or the relationship between creators, imagination, and their audiences. Featured work will include creative non-fiction and personal essays.
Culture Shelf is an interdisciplinary literary journal, primarily focused on the intersection of cultural criticism and popular media. We celebrate and publish non-traditional work, particularly writing that pushes the boundaries of form, cultural focus, or creative use of language. We publish short fiction, poetry, personal essays, criticism, and/or cultural commentary.