[Cover & Featured Artist Submission] PHIL LIT

PHIL LIT is accepting featured artist submissions for 2026-2028 issues (12). We select one artist per season for an Artist Highlight Feature: a two-four page interview and promotional spread inside the issue & corresponding cover art.

We welcome all forms of visual art, including but not limited to:   

• Photography  • Painting  • Illustration  • Sculpture  • Textile art & needlework  • Mixed media  • Printmaking  • Collage   • Ceramics  • Experimental work, etc As long as your work aligns with PHIL LIT’s ethos—fearless, human-first—we want to see it.

What to Submit: Please include: portfolio link or website, 3–5 sample images that are available to be published for the cover and inside your folio, an artist statement, & a short note on how your work aligns with PHIL LIT.

What Selected Artists Receive: Cover placement, a two-four page Artist Highlight Folio inside the issue, an interview or short statement published with your work, social media features & newsletter promotion, full credit and links to your portfolio/shop.

No fee to submit. All backgrounds and experience levels welcome. 

STATUS UPDATE: (SUBMISSION >> INTERVIEW >> CONFIRMED)

2026

#3 SPRING Mar 15th - Congrats Reiner Heidorn! 

#4 SUMMER June 15th - Congrats Jack Bordnick! 

#5 FALL Sept 15th - Congrats Belinda Zhang! 

#6 WINTER Dec 15th- Congrats Jacob Cherry! 

2027

#7 SPRING -  Congrats Bird Delaney!

#8 SUMMER -  Congrats Ara Deinde!

#9 FALL - Congrats Aleks Atyasov!

#10 WINTER - INTERVIEW STAGE

2028

#11 SPRING -  ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

#12 SUMMER -  ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

#13 - ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

#14 WINTER - ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

2029 - Will Open for Submissions Jan 1st 2027