Sūdō Journal is an online journal publishing images, poetry, creative writing and essays that challenge prevailing cultural and political trends. Taking its name for the Latin “I sweat,” Sūdō comes to you from Australia’s tropical north with an eye to anywhere people are speaking uncomfortable truths from the edge.
The sixth volume of Sūdō Journal asks what it is to disconnect in an increasingly connected world. Is it ethical to extract yourself from social and political upheaval? How can we retain our humanity if we are not connected? Is disconnection even possible?
Sūdō Journal calls for submissions of art, photography, poetry and prose. We call for essays, fiction, creative nonfiction and poems that could address but are not limited to,
- ethical news consumption in a media oligarchy,
- the impact of social media on increasingly fractured attention spans,
- art as a means of social engagement,
- the relentless information offensive,
- disunity between personal ethics and practice,
- human interaction in the twenty-first century,
- our relationship with the natural world,
- the future of the humanities in Australian universities,
- stories from the geographical, cultural, social or political fringes.
Email all contributions to submissions@sudojournal.com. Submissions should be no longer than 6000 words. Include the type of submission (essay, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry or images), author’s name and title of the work in the subject line of the submission email. Book reviews of no longer than 1000 words are also welcome. Follow MLA citation style and format. All written contributions should be submitted as a Microsoft Word file, in double-spaced 12pt font. All images used must be with permission only. Hard-copy submissions will not be accepted and will not be returned. As a publication, we advocate for artists and against the theft of their work; thus, any use of AI in the production of submissions must be declared and its use justified. Submissions close June 30, 2025 for our December 2025 issue.
Image: “Heart on a Wire“ (CC0 1.0 Universal) by Alan Levine