A journal of poetry and prose living in the periphery.

Outskirts (n) — The fringes of a place, existing with and pushing against imposed boundaries. 

Outskirts publishes poetry, short stories, essays, hybrid works, and visual art. We seek to amplify a wide range of voices from emerging and established artists.

We want to read work that, like rural spaces, challenges the constructs of what’s interesting, valuable, or sacred. While we’re interested in place-based writing, we have a broad understanding of what “place” can be — a body, a mind, a cookie jar, a mountain range — and care more about a piece’s connection to the world than anything else.

We’re currently an online publication with print ambitions. Since we’re new, we don’t have the capacity to pay contributors at this time, but we hope to in the future. What we can offer is a home for your work, publicity on socials, and a personalized editorial experience.