How to Submit Writing and Photos

Please note: due to a large number of submissions and a small number of staff and resources,  as of February 20, 2020 Cascadia Magazine has closed submissions. We’ll re-open submissions later in the spring for a one month period. More details to come.

We’re always looking for compelling stories, great journalism, and photographs that express what it’s like to be a human being in the Pacific Northwest. As a new publication, we’re interested in working with both new and established creators.

If you’d like to pitch a feature article, profile, or interview, please send a query using the form below to briefly describing your idea and your relevant experience. No public relations letters or promotional materials, please.

For personal essays, creative non-fiction, or fiction, please paste text of the completed work (less than 7,000 words) in the form below. For poetry, please submit between 1 and 4 poems. You may include a link to previous work or a personal website. We’ll try to respond within 60 days, but due to the number of submissions received, we can’t guarantee a response to all queries. Book reviews are assigned to writers we’ve previously worked with.

We’re looking for work by and/or about the Pacific Northwest. We’re a regional publication and seek to publish work by writers living in or from Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, southeast Alasksa, northern California, Idaho, and western Montana.

We encourage submissions by Indigenous writers and writers of color.

Cascadia Magazine doesn’t publish genre fiction (mystery, sci-fi, or romance) nor content without some connection to the Pacific Northwest.

Rights:  we purchase First North American Serial Rights, as well as the right to reprint the work one additional time as part of a collection or anthology. All other rights revert to the author upon publication.

Payment: for fiction and essays, we pay between $50-100 per piece. We pay $50 total for poetry (including selections of multiple poems by one author). Payment for feature articles ranges from $100-$350 depending on length and depth of reporting. We pay between $25 and $50 per photo or illustration.

No phone calls regarding submissions, please.

In the text of your submission, please include all contact information, including email, mailing address, and phone number.