Since we’ve recently evolved to publishing four issues each year, we plan to feature anywhere from 20 to 50 or more contributors in each issue. The exact number fluctuates depending on the number of submissions received within a given reading period.

We will accept art and poetry that has been previously posted to social media (like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook), or personal website/blog. We do not accept work previously published in an online or print journal.

No! We accept work from new, emerging, and established writers and artists alike. Many contributors have made their debut in Humana Obscura. We let the work speak for itself, and put less emphasis on a contributors background, education, or experience.

All of our submissions require a small submission fee, as is common for many other literary publications. This fee covers costs like our website and submission manager, and keeps us operating so that we may fulfill our goal of amplifying the voices and creative work of our contributors. We hope that as we grow, we can lessen or even eliminate our submission fee.

Everyone at Humana Obscura works on a voluntary basis and we run on a very limited budget. As much as we would like to, we are unable to offer free copies of the print issue to contributors. We know some people enjoy having their work in print and wanted to give you the option of a print copy via Amazon. You can always access our content/your work for free online.

Some of our favorite poets include Mary Oliver, May Sarton, Ellen Bass, Robert Hass, Gary Young, and Maude Meehan. We enjoy the haiku work of greats like Issa and Basho, and more contemporary haiku like Richard Wright, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder.