FOLIO VOLUME 42: THE WHIMSICAL ISSUE
READING PERIOD: OCTOBER 15, 2026 to DECEMBER 15, 2026
“Deep meaning lies often in childish play.” Johann Friedrich von Schiller
FOLIO literary journal is seeking poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and visual art that channels the whimsical. We believe that seeking the light has power. We honor challenge through gratitude and we see play as resistance. Whimsy is expansive, introspective, exuberant, and peculiar. It is free, nuanced, accessible, and sustainable. To be whimsical is to be curious and human.
If your work is empowering, amusing, thoughtful, or fanciful, we want to see it. Send us poetry that surprises and non-fiction that fuels wonder. Fiction of any variety has a home with us. We welcome all visual art, including photography, illustrations, comics, and the experimental. We’ll meet you at the edge of expectations.
Submissions are open from October 15, 2026 until December 15, 2026. Submissions must be completely self-contained and not part of a larger work. We welcome established writers and brand-new voices equally. FOLIO does not publish works that utilize AI in any way.
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