Welter is the University of Baltimore’s premier publication for creative works of fiction, poetry, memoir, essays, and visual art, gathered from writers and artists everywhere. Founded in 1965 by UBalt students and faculty, Welter has grown to national stature as a place where writers of prose, poetry, memoir and other non-fiction, as well as those who create visual art, can have their work published for an audience that numbers in the thousands. We have been thrashing for 59 years in a city that is as chaotic, creative, and charming as the words that grace our pages.
We pride ourselves on publishing high-quality fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art from writers and artists around the world. We publish twice a year; our print journal publishes every spring and our online collection every fall.
As our name implies, we are always looking for work that is provocative, exciting, relevant and full of heat. We accept work from seasoned and emerging writers. If you’re a writer, we welcome your submissions during our opening period. If you’re a reader, we hope the messages and art within Welter serve not only as a beautiful distraction and source of peace during turbulent times, but also as a source of inspiration and empowerment. Read about us in Poets & Writers and view our listing on Chill Subs.
We're placing an emphasis on brevity with this issue, but are considering all forms of poetry—including haikus, sonnets, tankas, free verse, etc.—as long as it is less than 1 page.
For poetry submissions: send 1–3 previously unpublished poems, each poem no more than a page. Please use page breaks between poems. Submissions will be capped.
Please submit in .pdf or .docx format and use a standard, legible font (i.e. Times New Roman, Garamond, etc.). All work should be previously unpublished, including on social media sites. We do not accept work that has been generated by AI in any way.
We're placing an emphasis on brevity with this issue and, as such, are looking for works of fiction under 750 words.
For fiction submissions: send 1 piece of previously unpublished flash up to 750 words. Submissions will be capped.
Please submit in .pdf or .docx format and use a standard, legible font (i.e. Times New Roman, Garamond, etc.). All work should be previously unpublished, including on social media sites. We do not accept work that has been generated by AI in any way.
We're placing an emphasis on brevity with this issue and, as such, are looking for works of creative nonfiction under 750 words.
For nonfiction submissions: send 1 piece of previously unpublished flash up to 750 words. Submissions will be capped.
Please submit in .pdf or .docx format and use a standard, legible font (i.e. Times New Roman, Garamond, etc.). All work should be previously unpublished, including on social media sites. We do not accept work that has been generated by AI in any way.
We're placing an emphasis on brevity with this issue and encourage artists to send us their best work inspired by the concept of flash. We're open to diverse interpretations of this prompt, including minimal styles, quick sketches, photography (color or black and white), and/or any visual work that tells a story.
Send up to 3 artworks in .jpeg format at 300dpi. Submissions will be capped. We are unfortunately unable to consider time-based media for this call. Work should be previously unpublished in a literary journal, but may have appeared before on the artist’s website or social media. We do not accept work that has been generated by AI in any way.