Submissions

Kahf  is now accepting submissions for our upcoming special print issue dedicated to poetry.

Please familiarize yourself with our  vision, style, and  guidelines before reaching out or submitting. 

Editorial Vision

Kahf publishes work at a crossroads of thought and beauty. We aim to mix intellectual curiosity, aesthetic criticism, and artistic expression. Through online offerings and print magazines, our published pieces address a sweep of topics through a range of genres across the arts and humanities. Contributions include philosophy, literature, visual art, history, aesthetics, film, design, religion, education, short story, poetry, letters, and creative non-fiction. We are proud how the work of longer-in-the-tooth scholars tangles with fresh perspectives from budding thinkers and the creative work of imaginative aesthetes. 

Style 

Our goal is to offer both an intellectual lamp and an aesthetic joy. We believe content and form are equally substantive; what one produces is as important as how it's cooked.  Our community of readers are knotted together by a shared interest in aesthetic, imaginative, intellectual, and elegant explorations of past, present, and future.  Submissions to Kahf are selected equally because of an author’s prose and pull of the ideas. Please lean into your writing personality and enjoy the process! 

Guidelines

We welcome:


• Original poems


• Essays on poetry or poets


• Close readings and annotations of individual poems


• Poet profiles


• Reflections on the place of poetry in one's life and in the contemporary world

Poetry may be submitted in any language, provided an English translation accompanies the submission.

For essays, please submit a completed draft of up to 2,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We cannot consider work that has been previously published.

The submission deadline is July 31, 2026.

SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS & QUERIES TO: SUBMISSIONS@KAHFMAGAZINE.COM. 

SEND ALL SUBMITTED ESSAYS & POETRY AS PDF OR WORD DOC. 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or if the editorial staff can lend a hand in any way. Thank you and Godspeed!