The Spectacle

The Spectacle

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We're a little cracked, and we like it that way. Louis. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and visual art.

The Spectacle is an online literary magazine run by graduate students and faculty at Washington University in St. We like scholars who write great poetry, poets who write incisive monographs, credulous skeptics, wary believers, hidebound experimentalists, radical realists, mystical engineers, analytical mystics, catholic snobs, and modish antiquarians. We have a soft spot for keen amateurs and sincere dilettantes. In short, we’re searching for a variety of disturbances, as long as they arrive on time and with style.

10/01/2026

Submittable open thru 11/1! Send us something juicy!

05/06/2026

It’s here! Click the link in our bio to read Issue 17! Featuring these wickedly talented contributors:

ART + INTERVIEW
Ms. Alexander Martin

NONFICTION
Annie Sheneman
Timothy Rachuonyo
Elena Bowman

POETRY
Rita Mookerjee
Henry Goldkamp
Adedayo Agarau
Chiwite Onyekwelu
Aspen Taylor .leaves
Jeff Whitney
Elias Appleby
Emma Aylor

12/06/2025

Thank you to each and every one of you who submitted work to us this fall. We are hard at work reading your wonderful writing!
Hang in there- we’ll get back to you with final decisions as soon as we can.
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