submissions

Introducing Bibelot’s second issue release…

issue ii: sunburn

“Sunburn” is about vulnerability and feelings so powerful they feel almost electrically charged.
It is both about nostalgia: looking backwards and remembering summertime with one’s friends, family, all of the memorable experiences as much as it is about the opposite of nostalgia — the future.
As summer passes us by, we grow up whether we like it or not. We don’t know the future - all we can do is dive headfirst into the intensity of the unknown.
We would love to read and see your artistic work!
As Bibelot is a publication centering on uplifting high school creatives, we accept all kinds of work from students — it can be free verse poetry, a short-scene script, painted illustration or even architectural design.
We do ask that your work relates to the theme in someway. For example, points to create based off of could be “nostalgia” or “summer”. But as long as you write a fitting artist statement, your work will be considered for Issue 2 of Bibelot.
Submissions for Issue 2 close on September 8th, 2025.

The Bibelot team will select from one of the three visual categories (illustration, photography, and design) and select the submission we believe best fits the issue theme as well as the magazine as a whole.
Bibelot’s editors will view each submission before gathering to vote on each one. The editor-in-chief will not vote, but must approve each official decision.
All submissions are reviewed equally — The Bibelot team strives to make sure no bias is employed throughout our choices.
There are many benefits to submitting your artistic work to literary magazines like Bibelot, including exposure to many viewers, a chance to communicate with other creatives, and publication as a valuable award for one’s resume.
Bibelot has no submission fee.
Simultaneously submitted work is accepted. However, we ask that you refrain from submitting previously published work.
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