Forum, CCSF’s literary magazine, is now open for submissions to its Spring 2025 issue. Since 1937, Forum has been publishing some of the most dynamic short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry, scripts and screenplays, visual media, and more. Be part of the Bay Area institution by submitting your work today (or before Feb. 23)!

Deadline: Friday, February 21, 2025

Send submissions to: forum@mail.ccsf.edu

Questions? Curious? forum@ccsf.org

Forum Magazine is looking for original works of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Memoir, Essays, Comics, Photographs, Paintings, Etchings and more—anything literary or artistic!

Spring 2025 Submission Deadline
Friday, February 21, 2025

• All accepted work will be published online and in a forthcoming print edition.
• Up to three (3) written work submissions are allowed per author, per genre and up to 10 visual art submissions per artist.
• Please send only one submission per email.
• Submissions must be sent as an attachment. Submissions copied/pasted into the body of the email will not be accepted.
• Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not publish previously published work.
• Be sure to include the title, writing genre, and your first and last name in the subject line.
  For example: Train Dreams_Fiction_Denis Johnson
• We accept submissions in all languages but are limited by the language abilities of each edition’s editing staff.
• In the body of your email include a short bio (50 words max).
• In the email, please let us know your connection to City College of San Francisco and/or San Francisco, if there is one (It’s okay if there isn’t!), and how you learned about Forum Magazine.
• We do accept written submissions in other languages besides English if it is accompanied by an English translation or if our current staff is equipped to translate.

1. 1. The genres you should use are:*
      1. Fiction
      2. NonFiction or Non-fiction or Essay
      3. Drama or Screenplay
      4. Poetry or Poem
      5. Visual Art
         -For Visual Art pieces, also include the medium of your submission in the subject line.
         For example: Vibrating Happy Robot X_Visual Arts_Acrylic on Glass_Pete Doolittle

*Formats Accepted:

1. Fiction and nonfiction should not exceed 3000 words and must be in TXT, RTF, DOC or DOCX, or PDF format, double spaced in 12 point font. Excerpts from larger pieces are welcome.
2. POETRY must be submitted as a PDF file.
3. Visual Art submissions must be either JPG or TIF format (vector art can be a high-quality PDF), and pixel dimensions must be NO LESS than 1600 x 2400.
   1. In most cases, art will be printed in black and white.
   2. For a piece to be considered for the cover, it must have pixel dimensions no less than 2400 x 2400.

*Video Submission Format:

1. Video submissions can be about any subject at a maximum length of 10 minutes. Only two submissions  are allowed per person. Form and guidelines can be found  here.
2. Attachment titles should follow the same convention as the email subject line:
   title_art medium/writing genre_first and last name.extension
   For example:
   -Train Dreams_Fiction_Denis Johnson.doc
   -Vibrating Happy Robot X_Visual Arts_Acrylic on Glass_Pete Doolittle.tiff

*SUBMIT HERE:

Email submissions to forum@mail.ccsf.edu  

*Other Details:

**Our editorial team will copy edit writing submissions. We only correct typographical errors and punctuation errors in fiction and non-fiction that affect the meaning. If you have any questions about this, please reach out!

**Notifications for acceptance will be sent in mid-late April. Unless you notify us in writing by Friday, February 21, 2025, submission of work constitutes an agreement to publish your work in the print edition and/or our blog.

**If one or more of your submissions are accepted for publication in Forum and we are able to print, you will be offered a complimentary copy upon publication.

We are looking forward to seeing your work!