The Spectacle

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 sin

cere dilettantes. In short, we’re searching for a variety of disturbances, as long as they arrive on time and with style.

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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📸: MockoFun

11/15/2025

Only 12 hours left! We close tonight at 11:59pm CST.
Fiction submission have reached their cap.
📸: Gateway Arch Foundation

11/08/2025

ONLY ONE WEEK REMAINS TO SUBMIT TO THE SPECTACLE! Subs close November 15!

10/23/2025

It was an Autumn I’d never, ever forget.
24 DAYS LEFT
Submit your nonfiction, poetry, and fiction by November 15.
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03/20/2025

At long last, Issue 16 is live! This 10th anniversary issue features an interview from one of our founding editors, Cass Donish, and an excerpt from their recent book, as well as a splendid assortment of poetry, nonfiction, and art. You can read all of it at: https://thespectacle.wustl.edu/

10/01/2024

Submissions open tomorrow, October 1st. Send us your most dazzling work!

08/05/2024

Issue 15 has arrived! Check it out on our website: https://thespectacle.wustl.edu/

03/15/2024

Issue 14 is now live!! We have an amazing group of writers and artists in this issue, and we are thrilled to share their work with the world. Please check it out at the spectacle.wustl.edu.

10/12/2023

We're closing our submissions soon. Send us your work!

10/04/2023

The R***e is currently open for submissions. We are looking for "Encounter Fiction." Talk about what you did while Ken Burn's 1994 documentary "Baseball" was on. Encounter your childhood bedroom, an InkJoy Ballpoint Stylo-Billie pen (the purple one), or your ex-partner's parrot. Encounter all three in rapid succession. Encounter a chair in reality or in a dream. Anything goes, as long as your encounter sings. Keep it under 300 words.

09/24/2023

The Spectacle is holding a logo contest! We are looking for something witchy, chic, vibrant. Show us your skills!

09/21/2023

Subs are open! Due to overwhelming interest, we have updated our window so we can give your work the careful consideration it deserves. Send us your most alive, your most dynamic, your most pressing art and writing. We look forward to spending time with your work!

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