The Eloquent Atheist is seeking original, previously unpublished works. These may be personal essays about atheism, humanism, and freethinking, and researched  history pertinent to these subjects. We are also looking for fiction, poetry, and “creative non-fiction” (a narrative about a real event, but using the tools of fiction). This magazine hopes to provide an outlet to nontheists who would like to publish creative, thoughtful, expressive writing (no rants), and writing that focuses on “reclaiming” the lives and works of nontheists, which have often been neglected in (or deliberately excised from) mainstream accounts of history. We would also have interest in thoughtful descriptions of your journeys away from religion. Editors prefer submissions of poetry, no more than 60 lines per poem, no more than four poems per batch; essays and narratives to 2500 words; historical articles to 4000 words.

We prefer essays, nonfiction, and creative non-fiction on atheism, humanism, Church/State tensions, naturalism/science, the history of non-theism, and celebrations of Nature. We accept fiction and poetry, but will publish it more sparingly than in the past.

No MS Word or other files will be opened. It has simply become too dangerous to do so. Please submit your writing using the form below. Fill in the appropriate contact information, then cut and paste your writing into the large submissions text box. It doesn’t look all that big, but it will hold thousands of words. And don’t worry about the formatting. We care very much about the words that you have written; formatting is unimportant at this stage.

Please also include a short personal bio with your submission so that we can include it on your authors page if you submission is published.

If photographs or other graphics are a part of your submission, please include a parenthetical note at the bottom of the submission and we will request them via email. Thanks!