Writers, poets, chefs and artists, we are always crafting new issues and welcome your reflections, prose, projects, recipes, poems, prayers or articles for print consideration. Please read our submission guidelines and our new purpose statement, below, before sending. Email all submissions to: admin@soulgardeningjournal.com. Thank you!

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

  • WORD COUNT: please aim for 500 – 1500 words. We encourage short and strong pieces.
  • SEASONAL, LITURGICAL: We are always crafting future issues so we love pieces that we can file away for a particular season, be it winter, spring summer or fall, or a liturgically oriented piece that we can place into an appropriate liturgical season. For instance, a Lenten piece for a spring issue, a piece on your Candlemas traditions for a late winter issue, or a harvest recipe for summer.
  • COLUMNS: We are always looking to fill our regular and pop-up columns! Choose what inspires you from this list: Dust Jacket (children and adult book reviews), In the Kitchen (recipes with a writeup and introduction, Homespun (simple crafts with drawings), Stage & Gallery (theater, fine arts), From the Cloth (a column by our beloved priests), Icon Kids (for the children), Cool Streams (music to stream, with folk roots), The Conservatory (pieces on classical music).
  • ORIGINALITY: Contributions must be original / previously unpublished; if you have your own publication or website, please wait to post until after the journal has been printed/delivered, and then direct your readers to the journal name and website.
  • AUTHOR’S BIO: Please include with your submission an author’s bio for the end of your piece, with fun or interesting facts about you. Please include where you live and your first and last name (if desired).
  • TEMPLATE: Please use our template that we’ve created for your writing. Use this foundation for your piece. You can download our template here:
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We encourage our contributors to become vessels of Christ to keep our journals Christocentric. So say a little prayer before you begin writing! Veni Creator Spiritus! If we decide to publish your piece, you will receive a confirmation email shortly before the journal goes to print. All accepted submissions become shared property of Soul Gardening Journal who retain the rights to print and reprint content at will.

Soul Gardening holds space for all women to celebrate and explore the different expressions of the life of a woman, including but not limited to, motherhood. We invite all women of good will to read, contribute, and be a part of this community. While this is a Catholic space, this is an open door of hospitality which is at the heart of Woman.

Thank you for your willingness to contribute to this ministry.

PURPOSE STATEMENT

Published under the patronage of our Lady of Nazareth, Soul Gardening Journal is crafted to express the beauty of womanhood, the sacredness to be found in the everyday, and the power of making our lives a living prayer. Written by women, for women, we strive towards a more unplugged and intentional life in the heart of the Incarnation.