Artemis Journal 2026

"ORIGINS" January 1 - March 1, 2026

As Artemis Journal approaches its 50th Anniversary in 2026, we honor not only where we began, but the deeper idea of origins—the places, voices, and sparks that shape who we become.

Artemis was born in the basement of the Roanoke YWCA, where storytelling helped women reclaim power, healing, and self-expression. That spirit of emergence still guides us.

For our 50th Anniversary, we invite artists and writers to explore their own beginnings: the roots that ground us, the moments that transformed us, the mentors and communities that uplifted us, and the stories and artthat help us rise.  

This theme welcomes personal, cultural, natural, and mythic interpretations of ‘origin.’ We encourage work that reflects resilience, renewal, awakening, and the creative forces that move us from silence into voice.

  Poems

• 3 poems per poet
• Include your name, email address & title on every poem submission in Word doc, no PDFs!
• No previously published works

 Artwork

• Artwork – 3 entries per artist of any medium 
• must be of publication condition (300 dpi at “8 x 10”), including title, artist, medium, and email address.
• Editors will contact you when they receive your submission through Submittable. Look for this confirmation to verify that your work was received. If you do not receive confirmation, please get in touch with the editors to confirm your entry.
• Our editors review submissions. If the work does not follow the exact guidelines, it will not qualify for review and will be returned.