Camas cultivates a community of writers and artists dedicated to land health and cultural resilience in the American West. We pursue fresh ideas and perspectives while remaining rooted in the West's landscapes and traditions of art and literature. We celebrate the people who work and live here; we celebrate the land that connects us; and we provide an opportunity for emerging writers and artists to publish their work alongside established voices.

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The Winter 2025 theme is Undergrowth. We're thinking about things unseen, undercurrents, subversion, queerness, and everything weird. 

Limit: 5,000 words. Please note that we only accept one fiction piece per writer per submission period. Submissions are read with identifying information concealed from our readers, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your document. We are unable to accept changes or edits to pieces once they have been submitted.

We ask for a small fee ($2 per submission) to help us publish the magazine. If this fee is a barrier to you submitting your work, please let us know and we can waive the fee on a case by case basis. Email us at CAMAS@mso.umt.edu. 

We print only previously unpublished works. If your piece is accepted for publication, Camas is granted first serial rights, archival rights, and non-exclusive reprint rights.

$2.00

The Winter 2025 theme is Undergrowth. We're thinking about things unseen, undercurrents, subversion, queerness, and everything weird. 

Limit: 5,000 words. Please note that we only accept one fiction or nonfiction piece per writer per submission period. Submissions are read with identifying information concealed from our readers, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your document. We are unable to accept changes or edits to pieces once they have been submitted.

We ask for a small fee ($2 per submission) to help us publish the magazine. If this fee is a barrier to you submitting your work, please let us know and we can waive the fee on a case by case basis. Email us at CAMAS@mso.umt.edu. 

We print only previously unpublished works. If your piece is accepted for publication, Camas is granted first serial rights, archival rights, and non-exclusive reprint rights.

$2.00

The Winter 2025 theme is Undergrowth. We're thinking about things unseen, undercurrents, subversion, queerness, and everything weird. 

You may submit up to five poems. Submissions are read with identifying information concealed from our readers, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your document. We are unable to accept changes or edits to pieces once they have been submitted.

We ask for a small fee ($2 per submission) to help us publish the magazine. If this fee is a barrier to you submitting your work, please let us know and we can waive the fee on a case by case basis. Email us at CAMAS@mso.umt.edu. 

We print only previously unpublished works. If your piece is accepted for publication, Camas is granted first serial rights, archival rights, and non-exclusive reprint rights.

The Winter 2025 theme is Undergrowth. We're thinking about things unseen, undercurrents, subversion, queerness, and everything weird. 

Upload up to five works in your submission. You will only be able to make one submission. Submissions are reviewed with identifying information concealed from our reviewers, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your document. We are unable to accept changes or edits to pieces once they have been submitted.

We ask for a small fee ($2 per submission) to help us publish the magazine. If this fee is a barrier to you submitting your work, please let us know and we can waive the fee on a case by case basis. Email us at CAMAS@mso.umt.edu. 

We print only previously unpublished works. If your piece is accepted for publication, Camas is granted first serial rights, archival rights, and non-exclusive reprint rights.

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