About

We are The Horizon Magazine. We are a space dedicated to the cultivation of new voices and bold work. We are a magazine that aims to share art and literature that pushes boundaries, challenges audiences, and is powerfully expressive.

Our mission is to create a high-quality artistic journal that mixes mediums of art, literature, and photography. Our intention is that the magazine shall always be free to read, published online and accessible to all, as well as printed and distributed in select locations. Furthermore, the print edition of the magazine is also available for worldwide delivery.

We strive to make each edition of The Horizon Magazine to be a collection of beautiful and diverse work. We want every edition to be open to writers and artists from all backgrounds. So, we pledge to never have a submission fee, as we believe there should be no limitations on the opportunity to express yourself.

This is a space for the bold, a space for the beautiful, and a space for the unique.

For Writing on the Horizon.

Editions

The Horizon Magazine is dedicated to producing a high-quality magazine that is free to access. Below we have every issue ever released, hosted on our site, which will always be accessible with zero pay walls.

The magazine is also produced in high quality print editions, distributed directly by Horizon online and available in select bookshops. If you are interested in supporting the creation of open and accessible spaces for art and literature, consider buying a copy to support the magazine. The magazine is priced at £5 a copy, but please donate more if you are able to, details can be found here:

Order Horizon Magazine in Print!

We also release the magazine as an audio-mag for those with impaired vision or for those who prefer audio media. The audio-magazine can be found here alongside an interview series with the contributors of the magazine. Please use the list below to access the Digital Magazine:

Submit

Submissions for the Horizon Issue 08 are open! Our deadline for submission is midnight on the 31st October 2024.

At The Horizon Magazine each edition is a combination of visual and literary media. We aspire to blend our submissions in a way that allow pieces to play off each other, complement, and contrast. We accept submissions of:

Art and Photography (suggested < 10 pieces)
Poetry (suggested < 10 pieces)
Short Fiction + Drama (3000 words max)
Essays (3000 words max)

Please send all submissions within a single email to contacthorizonmagazine [@] gmail [dot] com with your name and format in the subject, e.g. 'Max Power - Photography'.

For art and photography: please change the file name for each submission to 'firstnamelastname_title' e.g. 'PabloPicasso_Guernica'.

Please format text submissions in 12pt font, and for prose pieces please justify the text and use double spacing. Feel free to use any font you desire, but bare in mind, the font and formatting of the text may be altered in the design process. It is preferable to receive submissions as Word documents but PDFs are acceptable as well.

For submissions of art and photography, attach all pieces to the email or link us to an online portfolio. Please avoid the use of temporary hosting sites/download links such as WeTransfer. If using an online portfolio, please guide us towards a selection of your pieces.

We look forward to receiving your work.

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As of Issue 05, we now have an open call for any artists/writers working on video art, soundscaped poetry, or any similar such multimedia creations. We are thinking of experimental methods to publish digital art/audio projects into print media. Please send us your work!

The copyrights of artworks/literature remain with the artist/writer, by submitting to us you are granting us free license to print and distribute your work within the print form of the upcoming magazine and on our social media pages. For any further uses of your work ( future issues, marketing etc. ) we would be in contact to explicitly ask for permission. We require the artist/writer to own the copyright to their works and to have not granted an exclusive licence elsewhere.

Competition

The 2021 competition is closed!
A huge congratulations to Keon Wong and Naomi Collier Broms have had poetry chapbooks published by Horizon

Access 'Homing' by Keon Wong here!

Access 'As A Wild Boar Passes' by Naomi Collier Broms here!

We plan to run more poetry chapbook competitions in the future, so keep an eye out for announcements!