submissions – whimperbang

whimperbang reviews visual and literary submissions in February (for May issue) and August (for November issue) of every year. Our next reading window has been extended from February 2026 to April 12, 2026 for issue 28, with accepted works to be published in May 2026.

To those of you who may have submitted and have not yet heard back, we thank you for your patience while our small team sifts through it all.

For everyone else, please see our “Submission Guidelines” below.

whimperbang is an online journal of artistic commentary, published two times a year.

Submission Guidelines

whimperbang invites the submission of serious, directed artistic expressions that reflect or comment upon today’s world. Literary and visual genres will be considered.

Simultaneous submissions must be indicated as such. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please inform us.
Unpublished works only. Please do not send previously published works.
New submissions may not be made until you have heard back from us regarding old ones.
There is a nominal $3.00 USD reading/review fee to help us support our mission 🙂
Work must be submitted via our Duosuma account: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/whimperbang-journal-of-the-arts-1J7sh
whimperbang cannot offer payment at this time.
At the time of publication, all rights revert back to the author. If you decide to republish the piece elsewhere, we ask that you cite whimperbang as a place of previous publication
Please include a short biographical paragraph with your submissions, including your name and place of residence, email address (for our records), publications and any other relevant information.
Poetry submissions: may not exceed 5 poems.
Prose (fiction, non-fiction) submissions: should not exceed 5,000 words.
Visual submissions: (illustrations, drawings, prints, photographs, sketchbooks, etcetera) may not exceed 5 pieces. If submitted as a series, no more than 10 pieces, please. A minimum of three, and maximum of ten, spreads may be submitted from sketchbooks. Please submit images by GIF, PNG, JPG or PDF, not exceeding 4 MB total.
Please be advised that whimperbang cannot publish all submissions, and must be very discriminating, as it is run by a small crew of volunteers. Please expect at least 2-3 months for a reply, depending on our work load.

If you find errors of any kind, please let us know. We have the option of making changes without burning paper.

That just about covers it. We look forward to reviewing your work.

Sincerely,

Raymond Prucher
Editor, whimperbang