**Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting to BLOOM Literary Magazine.**

Now accepting submissions in poetry, short fiction, art, and photography from the Elms College community of students, faculty/staff, and alumni.

What we look for...

The arts have always been about exploring what it means to be human. What is humanity to you? Identity? Discovery? Creation? Maybe it's all of these, maybe more. Send us work that sings and yearns! Send us work that longs to be human! Send us your souls! (Don't worry, our contracts aren't binding; you'll get your soul back. Eventually.) We prefer the concrete to the abstract. For example, instead of “time,” we prefer “1:19 AM.” For help submitting, please refer to what's below.

2023, and many years before and after it, is a time for regrowth. Define that how you will, but no matter what there are daily shifts. Tell us about them in a way that feels right. We would also love your art made for art’s sake. Get out there and fill your art with the world, so we can fill the world with your art.

("Regrowth" is a suggested prompt for those who are having trouble creating/ submitting! If you have art that does not necessarily follow this theme, we welcome that, too!)