Hello! 

We are the Editors of The Ana. At its best, publication is a relationship between the artist, publisher, and audience. 

So, allow us to introduce ourselves. 

In 2020, The Ana was founded as a place where people can express their full, nuanced selves. Expectations be damned. Yet, despite this, we have ground rules. Nuance does not mean we tolerate hate speech. (See the Paradox of Tolerance for all our philosophy babes.) 

Nuance also means we understand the difference between supporting hate and invoking complex themes to make a more significant point. (We love an anti-hero!) 

We will not engage with work that disparages a community based on: 

GENDER · SEXUALITY · RACE · ETHNICITY · RELIGION (OR LACK THEREOF) · IMMIGRATION STAUS · ABILITY · DISABILITY · HEALTH STATUS · CREED · ECONOMIC SITUATION 

If you do not support this, that's okay. We are sure Reddit or the New York Times would love your work. 

So… What is The Ana?

\thə\·\ā-nə\
Pronounced: AH-NUH
(noun)

1. a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.

2. The Ana is a quarterly arts magazine. We are a collection and celebration of humanity.

While all rights revert to the contributors, The Ana must be noted as the first site of publication.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Please submit each work individually. (i.e. two poems mean two individual submissions.)

Please include an author/artist’s bio written in the third person. 

FICTION · NON-FICTION · ESSAY · CROSS-GENRE LITERATURE

• Submit up to 3 works of prose. 
• Each prose work must be up to 7,500 words max. 
• Submit each piece individually 
• If you don’t consider guidelines, we don’t consider it 
• We only accept docx. 

POETRY · POETRY IN TRANSLATION

• Submit up to 3 poems.
• Submit each piece individually. 
• If you submit Poetry in Translation, please include context for the translation and the original poem.
• We only accept docx.   

VISUAL ART

• Submit up to 5 works of visual art.
• Submit each piece individually. 
• We do not accept work created with Artificial Intelligence (AI). 
• We only accept jpegs.

DISCLAIMER

The Ana retains the right to rescind or refuse the publication of any work it pleases.
The Ana refuses to engage with work that promotes hate speech.