Submissions

Yad Mizrah will accept quality poetry, fiction, and non-fiction of any kind, with preference to works rooted in Sephardic and Mizrahi literary heritage, history, and culture. In addition, we also accept op-ed, book reviews, and visual art.

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YAD MIZRAH ISSUE 5 THEME

/ heirloom & Clutter /

Issue 5 of Yad Mizrah will explore the mess we inherit. We’re interested in the physical and spiritual clutter we collect: family lore, rituals, objects, broken jewelry, superstitions, handwritten recipes no one can replicate, and the strange intimacy of remembering people we’ve never met.

Jewish inheritance is rarely neat, and Mizrahi inheritance carries its own unique layers shaped by migration, loss, preservation and improvisation. Some heirlooms are treasured; others just pile up. Yet all of them carry traces of the lives that came before us, and the ways we live with their presence now. What do we do with the sacred, the strange, the broken, the shocking, and the familiar?

Yad Mizrah invites you to dive into the mess, beauty, and burden of inheritance through Issue 5.

How to Submit:

Our submission periods are biannual.

Below are the dates for our 2025 cycle:

Spring: February 27 - April 10

Fall: June 23 - August 1

Send all submissions to yadmizrah@gmail.com as a Microsoft Word document. In your email, please write a brief cover letter about your background (who you are, previous publications, etc) and the piece you are submitting. Don’t forget to include a 3rd-person bio, two lines max! 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

For poetry: Writers may include up to 3 poems in a single submission. 

For fiction/non-fiction: Up to 2500 words max. 

For op-ed: Up to 1500 words max. 

For book reviews: Up to 1000 words. 

For visual art and photography: Artists may include up to three works in a single submission, PNG files. 

Yad Mizrah does not currently offer payment to their contributors, although we hope to do so in the future.