Submissions are currently closed during ongoing genocide. We refuse to operate as usual while mass atrocities are committed against Palestine with the full support of the American government.

Art Over Chaos is a SWANA (South West Asian and North African) focused and led publisher. Our mission is to center, elevate, and protect our people’s words. We primarily publish SWANA narratives, including queer works that include diversity canonically within the text. We are open to all types of science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary stories that embrace a decolonial perspective, the queer spirit of strangeness, and the inherent beauty of that truth.

Submissions for Novels and Novellas:
Please send your query letter with the following:

• The title, category, the approximate word count of your work.
• A brief overview of your story, similar to that of a back-cover copy.
• Your bio, including existing works, awards, background, and pronouns.
• The first twenty pages of your manuscript.

Submissions for Poetry:
We are open to agented submissions for full-length poetry collections and chapbooks. Please have your agent submit a query letter, author bio, and a sample of 10–15 poems. Unagented poetry remains closed unless you were previously invited. Thank you!

Submissions for Zines:
We welcome unagented submissions for digital and print zines that center SWANA voices, anti-imperialist education, art, and radical perspectives. Please send a brief summary of the project’s theme, and a short contributor bio.

Misc. Mutual Aid:

If you are a low-income author looking for help instead of publishing directly with us please send us information about you and your project along with the type of support you need in order to publish. You can email us at: Submissions@ArtOverChaos.com 

Not sure what fiction we’re into? Check out our books!
To better understand our mission, I encourage everyone to read Youssef Rakha’s I, Ghost.