Mixing Form, Genre, and Media: Call for Essays, Creative Writing, Art, and Translations

deadline for submissions: 
January 31, 2026
full name / name of organization: 
Melange: A Journal of Prose Poetry and the Arts
contact email: 

A "Melange," sans accent, is a term we use to refer to a work of art of literature that mixes form, genre, and/or media. Princeton University's Melange: A Journal of Prose Poetry and the Arts accepts creative melanges, academic essays on melanges, and melanges in translation. 

To submit, please send the following to melange@princeton.edu

  1. Your submission in either a Microsoft Word Document, PNG, or JPG file containing no identifying information.
  2. A 1-3 sentence Blend Statement answering one of the following questions: 
  • How does your creative submission combine genres, forms, and/or media?
  • How does the subject of your essay (or creative essay) combine genres, forms, and/or media?
  • How does your translation combine genres, forms, and/or media?
  1. Is your work a prose poem? If yes, please tell us why in 1-3 sentences. 
  2. A 1-3 sentence biography. If your submission is accepted, your bio will be published. You may also choose to publish anonymously. Please do not include your bio in the same file as your submission.

If accepted, your answers to questions 2 and 3 will be published. 

We kindly ask that you check out our website before submitting to make sure your work is a good fit for the journal: https://melange.gradlife.princeton.edu/submit/ 

Thank you!