ABOUT
Collateral is an online literary journal run by people who are directly and indirectly impacted by violent conflict and military service.
We’ve been publishing two issues per year—every May and November—since 2016. Every issue includes poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and an interview with one featured visual artist.
Our editorial vision is to be as inclusive as possible and ideologically diverse. We are interested in amplifying voices of minorities and the marginalized, and we recognize that our archives don’t yet reflect the full diversity of writers in the world. That said, we especially encourage submissions from artists of historically silenced backgrounds.
We don’t charge reading fees, we read year-round, and we don’t filter submissions through readers; our editors read and consider every submission carefully—and with gratitude.
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MISSION STATEMENT:
Collateral publishes literary and visual art concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. While many journals showcase work centered on the combat experience, we provide a creative platform that highlights the stories of those existing in spaces surrounding combat, including the military family, veteran, service member, close friend, protestor, refugee, teacher, advocate, activist, and more. These voices sometimes go unheard, and by amplifying them, we help shed light on the “collateral” impact of conflict around the world.