An Ozarks-based quarterly independent review publishing art, comics, poetry, prose, and photography emerging from the margins. Far Afield holds space for artists working at the edges, looking in. Sometimes strange, intuitive, unpolished, and a little off-center while still grounded in the natural world, the magazine speaks for voices that don’t quite belong—and don’t need to.

Black-and-white photograph of a highway with a vehicle and a large billboard that reads ''Far Afield Quarterly Review' and the quote 'No shade, then rain' for Summer 2026.

‘NO SHADE, THEN RAIN’—Summer 2026

Exposure—emotional, physical, environmental. Open fields, omnipresent sun, nowhere to hide. Pieces that feel stark, vulnerable, laid bare. What’s leftover after something has already happened?

Heat, wind, and storm as forces that break things open and knock something loose. We’re interested in what gets released—intentionally or not—when there’s no cover, no reprieve. Send work that carries themes of aftermath, a sense of exposure, or a feeling of bursting. 

This issue includes works by the following creators: 
Drew bandy, Christiano Bellotti, Kannon Brooks, Jessica Campbell, Kasey Hartline, Demitria Hurt, Jaxon Inge, Michaela Katz, Ash Kemp, Andie Kern, Ayanami Khan-Taylor, John King, Lauren King, Anna Leitensdorfer, James McShane, Giacomo Palumbino, Eve Peregrine, A.M. Ragsdale, Sam Scott, Bri Shatto, & Grace Williams.

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Cover page of Far Afield Quarterly Review, Spring 2026, titled 'The Other Season,' with a decorative border featuring a geometric green and yellow pattern and small floral illustrations.

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‘THE OTHER SEASON’—Spring 2026

Spring, but not the obvious version. Late bloomers, false starts, cold snaps, quiet thawing. What doesn’t align with the expected narrative of renewal?

Art, unfenced. Work that resists containment—formally, emotionally, or geographically. Stray forms, hybrid pieces, things that don’t quite belong to one genre or place. Let it wander.

This issue includes works by the following creators: 
Christiano Bellotti, Morgan Bowling, Hannah Duckworth, Emily Ever, Kasey Hartline, Adam Hoxeng, Mary Kester, John King, Paige Kiser, Shay Leckenby, James McShane, Madeira Miller, Zoë Dael Miller, Cassidy Reich, Autumn Thompson, & Dylan Webb.
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‘AFTERIMAGE’—Fall 2026

What is departed, what has been diminished, and what remains after something is altered beyond recognition. Things that feel reduced, worn down, obscured, or lost. What didn’t survive. What lingers at the edge of perception—partial, altered, quieter than before.

The liminal space between presence and absence: the thing in the corner of your vision that can almost be seen, the memory that won’t fully settle, the feeling that can’t be placed.

We’re drawn to work that feels hushed, stark, strange, obscured, or unresolved—pieces that explore disappearance, distance, isolation, transformation, memory, or the uncanny. Work may turn toward the eerie and supernatural, or toward the intimate and personal. It might be about ghosts, haunted places, strange encounters, and things that resist explanation—or about relationships, memories, places, identities, and ordinary losses that leave their own kind of haunting.

Submission window for Fall 2026: October 18th—November 1st.

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    'AFTERIMAGE'

    FALL 2026 — ISSUE No. 03

    What is departed, what has been diminished, and what remains after something is altered beyond recognition. Things that feel reduced, worn down, obscured, or lost. What didn’t survive. What lingers at the edge of perception—partial, altered, quieter than before.

    The liminal space between presence and absence: the thing in the corner of your vision that can almost be seen, the memory that won’t fully settle, the feeling that can’t be placed.

  • 'NO SHADE, THEN RAIN'

    SUMMER 2026 — ISSUE No. 02

    Exposure—emotional, physical, environmental. Open fields, omnipresent sun, nowhere to hide. Pieces that feel stark, vulnerable, laid bare. What’s leftover after something has already happened?

    Heat, wind, and storm as forces that break things open and knock something loose. What gets released—intentionally or not—when there’s no cover, no reprieve? Themes of aftermath, a sense of exposure, or a feeling of bursting.

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    SPRING 2026 — ISSUE No. 01

    Spring, but not the obvious version. Late bloomers, false starts, cold snaps, quiet thawing. What doesn’t align with the expected narrative of renewal?

    Art, unfenced. Work that resists containment—formally, emotionally, or geographically. Stray forms, hybrid pieces, things that don’t quite belong to one genre or place. Let it wander.

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