Submissions

We accept submissions through Submittable for our print journal, published three times a year, and for our website, which is updated continuously.

Each issue of the magazine has three sections: ESSAYS, SYMPOSIUM and REVIEWS. Our essays blend memoir, criticism and journalism to examine the ideas and beliefs that shape our world. The symposium is a collection of responses to a question chosen by the editors (e.g., What is protest for? What is marriage for? What is privacy for?). Reviews can be about pretty much anything at all. Print essays run between 4,000 and 7,000 words; reviews and symposium articles are of medium length (1,500-3,000 words). The best way get a feel for our editorial inclinations is to read the magazine.

Contributors whose articles appear in the magazine, both print and online, will be compensated. The website runs articles of any length but preferably of about 1,500-3,000 words. We also have a blog section of the website called “Forms of Life: Dispatches from the Present,” where we publish short, 1,000-word essays about current events and issues. We publish fiction (original, excerpted, and in translation) on a select basis in print. Please note that The Point does not publish poetry, although we gladly accept criticism about fiction and poetry.

By submitting to The Point you confirm that what you are sending us is your own original work and that you are entering into an intellectual relationship with our editors. We are not interested in writing produced, shaped, or refined by generative AI. If you have used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, or other LLMs) at any point in the writing, research or revision process, we ask that you disclose that upon submission.