Parabola Magazine Spring Submission 2024

The submission window for the spring for Parabola Magazine is currently open. Kindly go through the submission guidelines to know how to submit before

Submit To Parabola Magazine Spring Submission 2024

The submission window for the spring for Parabola Magazine is currently open. Kindly go through the submission guidelines to know how to submit before the deadline.

About Parabola Magazine Spring Submission 2024

Parabola is a quarterly journal devoted to the exploration of the quest for meaning as it is expressed in the world’s myths, symbols, and religious traditions, with particular emphasis on the relationship between this store of wisdom and our modern life.

Each issue of Parabola is organized around a theme. Examples of themes we have explored in the past include The Quest, Happiness, The Wild, and Presence.

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Submission Guidelines 

Articles and Translations: Parabola welcomes original essays and translations. We look for lively, penetrating material unencumbered by jargon or academic argument. We prefer well-researched, objective, and unsentimental pieces that are grounded in one or more religious or cultural tradition; articles that focus on dreams, visions, or other very personal experiences are unlikely to be accepted.

Send your submission to the email or physical address listed below, along with a brief autobiography (2-3 sentences). Emails should include the article attached as a .doc, .txt, or .rtf file.

All articles must be directly related to the theme of an upcoming issue.

Entries that do not follow submission guidelines cannot be considered.

Poetry: Poetry must be submitted as email attachments in the following file formats:

.doc (MS word),

.txt (standard text file) or

.rtf (formatted text file).

Submissions in other formats will not be considered.

Submissions are limited to a maximum of five (5) poems per author.

The file must be transmitted under the author’s last name, with all poems in a single file, separated by page breaks. Each page must have the author’s name on it.

Submissions should be sent by email to editorial@parabola.org

Note: Parabola rarely accepts original fiction.

Tangents

Parabola occasionally publishes extended reviews of books, movies, videos, performances, art exhibitions, and other current programs or events in a section called “Tangents.” These reviews are intended as a bridge between the theme-related front half of the magazine and the reviews in the back. Tangents should bear some connection to the theme of the issue, although it does not have to be as direct as an article.

Length

Articles: 1000-3000 words

Book Reviews: 500 words

Retellings of traditional stories: 500-1500 words

Forum contributions: no longer than 500 words

Biographical Information

Please include a brief (2-3 sentence) biography with your subscription. Fit the description to the subject matter of the article, e.g., for an article on Tibetan Buddhism, “Smith spent three years travelling in Tibet.” Or, a publication credit: “Smith is the author of Pilgrimage in Tibet (W. W. Norton, 1987).” Always include your publisher.

Rights

Parabola purchases the right to use an article in all substantially complete versions (including non-print versions) of a single issue of our journal. We also request the right to use the piece in the promotion of Parabola, and to authorize single-copy reproductions for academic purposes. All other rights are retained by the author.

Email Submissions to:

editorial@parabola.org

Mail Submissions to:

Editor

Parabola

P.O. Box 193

Lincolndale, NY 10540

Mailed submissions are to be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed return envelope, #10 or larger. Submissions without SASE will not be returned.

*Unfortunately, owing to the volume of submissions we receive, we are unable to respond unless a submission is accepted for publication.