Thank you for considering a submission to Apricity Publishing’s inaugural anthology, America 2026: The Politics We Carry Home.

America 2026 explores a turning point in American life, when politics stopped feeling abstract and began reshaping private spaces, relationships, and daily experience.

Please review the guidelines carefully before submitting. Questions, email us at Anthology@ApricityPublishing.com. 

Submission Deadline: July 15, 2026

Winners will be announced on or before: September 1, 2026

Submission Fee: $25 per entry

Each piece requires its own submission and fee. Submission fees are non-refundable.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify us immediately so we may withdraw it from consideration.

We are grateful for the work it takes to write something that feels lived in and true.

Frances Pearson, Publisher 

Selected authors grant:

First publication rights
Non-exclusive anthology rights for inclusion in America 2026 in print and digital formats
All rights revert to the author following publication.

Authors may republish their work after a 90-day exclusivity period, provided original publication in the Apricity Publishing anthology is acknowledged.