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 seventh volume of Sūdō Journal asks what lies on borders, edges, and in-betweens. What are the liminal spaces and shadowlands we exist within? Who, or what, is slipping through the cracks? And who do borders serve, anyway?
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,
• the current state of geopolitics,
• invasions and incursions,
• how identities are formed and shaped,
• edge cases and outliers,
• blurred boundaries,
• transitional spaces,
• 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 generative AI in the production of submissions must be declared and its use justified. Submissions close June 30, 2026 for our December 2026 issue.
Image: “Border“ (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Anthony Albright