The Inquisitive Eater is a food based literary journal managed by MFA students. We are currently open for submissions for our Fall 2025 Issue of The Inquisitive Eater on the theme EAT THE RICH until August 30th.
General Instructions for submission:
• All writers must submit their original works.
• Previously published work is not accepted.
• Cover letter, bio, and submission can all be included in "Cover Letter" submission form
• Electronic submission ONLY
• Text must include contact information (address, phone, e-mail) and a short (100 word) biography.
• Please feel free to include any related media to the article you are submitting (photographs, audio, video, etc.)
Dismantle the recipes of social dynamics.
The Inquisitive Eater’s Fall 2025 issue is based on the theme EAT THE RICH. This issue is centered on the relationship between food and capital. We are looking for submissions that complicate and subvert conventional understandings of food and class. Submissions may inspect consumption, excess, cannibalism, accessibility, privilege. We encourage all artists to interpret and play with the theme as they see fit.
Submit by August 30th!
Dismantle the recipes of social dynamics.
The Inquisitive Eater’s Fall 2025 issue is based on the theme EAT THE RICH. This issue is centered on the relationship between food and capital. We are looking for submissions that complicate and subvert conventional understandings of food and class. Submissions may inspect consumption, excess, cannibalism, accessibility, privilege. We encourage all artists to interpret and play with the theme as they see fit.
Nonfiction submissions must be in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced. File must be PDF, Word document, RTF or TXT.
Submit by August 30th!
Dismantle the recipes of social dynamics.
The Inquisitive Eater’s Fall 2025 issue is based on the theme EAT THE RICH. This issue is centered on the relationship between food and capital. We are looking for submissions that complicate and subvert conventional understandings of food and class. Submissions may inspect consumption, excess, cannibalism, accessibility, privilege. We encourage all artists to interpret and play with the theme as they see fit.
Submit by August 30th!
Fiction submissions must be in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced. File must be PDF, Word document, RTF or TXT.
Dismantle the recipes of social dynamics.
The Inquisitive Eater’s Fall 2025 issue is based on the theme EAT THE RICH. This issue is centered on the relationship between food and capital. We are looking for submissions that complicate and subvert conventional understandings of food and class. Submissions may inspect consumption, excess, cannibalism, accessibility, privilege. We encourage all artists to interpret and play with the theme as they see fit.
Visual art of any kind (including video) belongs in this category. Please include an artist's statement in your cover letter. Most file types are accepted—if you are having difficulty with your specific file type, don't hesitate to email inquisitive.eater@gmail.com.
Submit by August 30th!
Dismantle the recipes of social dynamics.
The Inquisitive Eater’s Fall 2025 issue is based on the theme EAT THE RICH. This issue is centered on the relationship between food and capital. We are looking for submissions that complicate and subvert conventional understandings of food and class. Submissions may inspect consumption, excess, cannibalism, accessibility, privilege. We encourage all artists to interpret and play with the theme as they see fit.
Academic essays submissions are limited to 5,000 words.
Submit by August 30th!
Writing Submissions
• Fiction (or mostly-fiction) belongs in this category.
• Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced.
• File must be PDF, Word document, RTF or TXT. Documents without smart quotes (curly quotes) are preferred, but not required.
Writing Submissions
• Nonfiction (personal essay or memoir) belongs in this category.
• Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced.
• File must be PDF, Word document, RTF or TXT. Documents without smart quotes (curly quotes) are preferred, but not required.
Writing Submissions
• Poetry of any form belongs in this category.
• Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, spaced as you want it to appear.
• must be 40 or fewer lines. Prose-poems must be under 1,500 words.
• File must be PDF, Word document, RTF or TXT. Documents without smart quotes (curly quotes) are preferred, but not required.
Writing Submissions
• Visual art of any kind (including video) belongs in this category.
• If text is included, please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced.
• Please include an artist's statement in your cover letter.
• Most file types are accepted—if you are having difficulty with your specific file type, don't hesitate to email inquisitive.eater@gmail.com. If utilizing text, documents without smart quotes (curly quotes) are preferred, but not required.