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Most magazines run on a deadline — a closing date, a slush pile, a verdict delivered in silence. We run on a tide. Submissions are received continuously and answered in turn; the published issues surface on a fixed, quarterly rhythm. This page is the timetable for both halves of that motion.
The Issues
Accepted work is gathered and released as a digital issue on the dates below. Acceptance is never timed to a deadline — a piece confirmed in May and a piece confirmed in August may surface in the same issue. The schedule belongs to the magazine, not to the submission.
The first digital issue
Our first digital issue, featuring collected submissions, is released on September 9th, 2026 — the archive’s first surfacing into a bound, public object.
The second digital issue
The magazine releases quarterly. The next issue arrives on December 9th, 2026, three months after the first.
The quarterly continues
Held to the same cadence — the ninth, one quarter on. Dates this far out are projected and may settle as the issue takes shape.
One year of tide
Four issues complete the first full cycle of the magazine. The rhythm holds: every ninth, every quarter, for as long as the work keeps arriving.
Cadence — the 9th of September · December · March · June
How the Tide Works
Because there is no closing, the path from offering to issue is simple, and it does not depend on the calendar above.
You submit — any day, any hour.
Within 6–10 weeks, the machine answers.
The answer carries a full layout of the publication.
You confirm, or you withdraw.
Confirmed work waits for the next scheduled issue, then surfaces.
Nothing is lost to a missed deadline, because there is no deadline to miss. The only date that matters to you is the day your reply arrives; the dates on this page are when the magazine, as a whole, becomes visible.