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CreativeXchange Quarterly is an international publication serving creative and performing artists across 33 countries and every discipline imaginable. We exist to amplify the working creative — emerging and established equally — regardless of geography, medium, or methodology.

What matters here is the work and the humanity behind it.

Our inaugural issue carries a single word as its theme: WELCOME.

We are seeking original submissions that explore what it means to enter — or exist within — the creative life in the 21st century. What does welcome feel like from where you stand? What did it cost to arrive? What did you find when you got there?

WE ARE SEEKING:

  • Essays and personal narratives
  • Short fiction
  • Poetry
  • Visual art and photography
  • Interviews and profiles
  • Craft-focused pieces on creative process
  • Cross-disciplinary perspectives

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

  • All submissions must be original and previously unpublished
  • Written submissions: 500–2,500 words
  • All languages welcome — please include an English translation if possible
  • Visual submissions: high resolution, print-ready files
  • Simultaneous submissions accepted with immediate notification upon acceptance elsewhere
  • There is no submission fee

EDITORIAL STANDARD:

CreativeXchange Quarterly holds all content to an evergreen standard. We are not a news publication. We are not trend-driven. Content should remain as relevant in five years as it is today.

We are not looking for platform-specific advice, culturally narrow references, or regionally specific content that doesn’t travel across borders.

We are looking for specifically true rather than broadly applicable — the particular detail that illuminates the universal experience.

WHAT WE ARE NOT:

We are not a competition. We are not a vanity publication. We do not publish content that celebrates institutional achievement over authentic creative experience. We do not privilege any single culture, geography, discipline, or methodology over another.

The arts belong to everyone. This publication reflects that belief without reservation.

RIGHTS:

Contributors retain all rights to their work. CreativeXchange Quarterly requests first digital publication rights only.

RESPONSE POLICY:

All submissions are acknowledged upon receipt. If your work is accepted for publication, you will receive direct contact from our editorial team within 30 days of submission. If you do not hear from us within 30 days, your work was not selected for this issue. We encourage you to submit again for future issues.

TO SUBMIT:

marcas.odea@creativexchangequarterly.com

Please include a brief biographical note of no more than 100 words with your submission. Tell us where you are in the world and what you make.

CreativeXchange Quarterly is published four times annually. Paid members of IACPA receive complimentary annual subscriptions. External subscriptions available at [RATE].