Thin Air Online

Our website can be found here: thinairmagazine.org

Thin Air Online, distinct from our print magazine, accepts the following: poems, art, fiction, tiny films, nonfiction, humor, songs, paintings, collages, interpretative dances, jokes, audio projects and other precious creations that celebrate the seasons. 

For the first time ever, NAU’s Thin Air literary website is inviting its university community to submit their literary work. Submissions are open to all, including those currently affiliated with NAU. It’s like an online literary farmer’s market – give us your fresh, seasonal and local. 

Currently, we are looking for work that celebrates winter. If you’re more inspired by autumn, spring or summer, share that with us too! We accept work on a rolling basis. Accepted work will be published in their corresponding season. 

Please review our general and genre-specific guidelines for TAO below:

• Clearly label your submission’s genre and season. 
• Written submissions must be 5,000 words or less. 
• Submit poems in batches up to 3. 
• Video and audio pieces must be shorter than 10 minutes. 
• We only consider unpublished work. Please do not submit material previously published in anthologies, chapbooks, online, or on personal websites (including FB, Twitter, Insta, Flickr, blogs, etc.)
• We accept simultaneous submissions. If any part of your submission is selected for publication elsewhere, please notify us immediately using Submittable.
• In an effort to encourage submissions from both established and emerging writers with diverse voices, Thin Air Online reads all submissions blind. Do not include any identifying information within your submission.
• Thin Air Online aims to respond to your submission within 3-5 months. If you submit April-August, know that we likely won’t be able to respond until September when school is back in session. We appreciate your patience! Our staff is a volunteer-graduate-student-run magazine and we strive to read every submission carefully before making a decision. 

Copyright: We ask for first North American online serial rights. If your work is selected for Thin Air Online, we ask for exclusive online rights for 60 days from the date of publication. Copyright is retained by the author at all times. 

Thank you for submitting!