A Literary Magazine: Longing, Glitch, and Digital Touch
Fragmentation is a literary journal dedicated to exploring the fault lines between connection and rupture in the digital age. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid forms, and media of all kinds—including visual art, photography, and multimedia—that engage with intimacy, technology, and fragmentation.We seek work that embraces the beauty of disruption and silence alike: fractured narratives, glitch aesthetics, fleeting messages, stories that live in the gaps. We want stories that refract reality, perform closeness, and show how absence can speak.SUBMISSIONS OPEN SEPTEMBER 1ST - JANURARY 1ST
For prose pieces, we ask for a maximum length of 3,000 words.While we welcome previously published and brand new authors, all pieces should be content that has not been published previously.However, we welcome simultaneous submissions! Just let us know if it gets selected somewhere else so we can celebrate with you (and take your piece out of the running).We ask for first serial rights to work, but you are welcome to republish afterwards!We are currently aiming for an April 2026 release date for our first issue. Then, we plan to continue with biannual Spring and Fall entries.Please don't send more than 10 pieces!In your email, please include:
- Your name (or pen name)
- A short (100-200 word) author bio
- Your social media handles
Meet the Team!Lillian Bak - Head Editor and Creative Director
Lillian is the magazine's founder and head editor. She makes all the final decisions on magazine submissions. Lillian is graduating this year with dual Bachelor's in Comparative Literature and Psychology. She developed Fragmentation originally as a sister project to her senior thesis centered on the interpetation of social media as a site of "fragmentation".Isabella Collins
Isabella is a preliminary submissions reader and assists with submissions management. She is graduating this year with a BA in English and a minor in Comparative Literature.Nicole Del Rio
Nicole is an aspiring writer currently in her final year at Smith College with a BA in English Language and Literature and a concentration in Poetry. She has published in lit magazines such as AXIS Creative Arts and Phoenix. In 2024, Nicole placed first in Miami Dade College's "Poetry for Peace" contest.Anonymous Panel of Readers!
We are still in the process of developing our reader panel! However, we already have a couple of incredible readers and writers committed to thoroughly reading through your work!