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Thin Air Magazine Thin Air is a non-profit literary and art magazine run by graduate students of Northern Arizona University's English Department.

Thin Air is a non-profit literary publication of the Northern Arizona University English Department. The magazine is run entirely by English graduate students dedicated to the edgiest contemporary writing and art. We accept submissions in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Art from anyone and everyone not affiliated with NAU. Our reading period will reopen in August 2015 for the 2016 print edition. Online submissions for flash nonfiction & fiction plus art and video essay/cinepoetry are now open!

10/14/2026

Thin Air’s Writing Workshop featuring Malia Levison: Developing Voice in Poetry and Nonfiction! Join us this Tuesday, 10/20 at the Flagstaff Public Library! Come learn how to develop your authorial voice in your poems and prose!

Our deadline for submissions is quickly approaching! Submit your latest visual art or written work by Oct 19th while you...
10/06/2026

Our deadline for submissions is quickly approaching! Submit your latest visual art or written work by Oct 19th while you can to be considered for Thin Air Magazine's NO.33 OASIS issue!

Even as our deadline approaches, Thin Air Magazine is still seeking submissions in visual arts for our upcoming printing...
09/29/2026

Even as our deadline approaches, Thin Air Magazine is still seeking submissions in visual arts for our upcoming printing, NO.33 OASIS
We are especially interested in visuals arts, comics, and photography, but are also still accepting submissions in poetry, non-fiction, and fiction!

Submissions close October 19th.
Submit today at Thinairmagazine.org/guidelines/ or through the link in our bio!

Thin Air Playwriting Workshop featuring Patty Petelin! This Tuesday, 9/16 at Flagstaff Brewing Company! Come learn the a...
09/14/2026

Thin Air Playwriting Workshop featuring Patty Petelin! This Tuesday, 9/16 at Flagstaff Brewing Company!
Come learn the art of playwriting with the community!

Thin Air Magazine is seeking submissions in visual arts for our upcoming printing, NO.33 OASISWe are especially interest...
08/04/2026

Thin Air Magazine is seeking submissions in visual arts for our upcoming printing, NO.33 OASIS
We are especially interested in visuals arts, comics, and photography, but are also accepting submissions in poetry, non-fiction, and fiction!

Submissions close October 19th.
Submit today at Thinairmagazine.org/guidelines/ or through the link in our bio!

Call for submissions!!Thin Air Magazine is seeking submissions for our upcoming edition, 33: OASISSubmit today at https:...
06/23/2026

Call for submissions!!
Thin Air Magazine is seeking submissions for our upcoming edition, 33: OASIS
Submit today at https://thinairmagazine.org/guidelines/
Submissions close October 19th, 2026

Theme: Oasis–
Oasis is defined in Merriam Webster as the following: 
1 a fertile or green area in an arid region (such as a desert)
2 something that provides refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast

For Thin Air Magazine’s upcoming issue, we seek to expand upon this notion. 
In a turbulent, and at times seemingly desolate world, what is your oasis? How does one create sanctuary in the desert of the world? 
Alternatively, we consider the conditions that are required to produce the oasis, and subsequently, what surrounds it. 
For there to be an oasis, there must first exist a desert. An oasis can only exist when it is surrounded by, or contrasted by, a severe lack of something crucial to survival. What does it mean to be surrounded by a landscape of hostility, scarcity, or exclusion? In other words, what is your desert, and what drives you to find your oasis? Hunger? Thirst? Reprieve? Or is it something else entirely?
Share today!

Thin Air Online Announcement! 💐🪿📣 Our online submissions will be closing briefly this summer starting on Sunday, May 24t...
05/20/2026

Thin Air Online Announcement! 💐🪿📣

Our online submissions will be closing briefly this summer starting on Sunday, May 24th. If you have been holding onto your work and waiting for a sign, this is it! Be sure to submit your work to Thin Air Online before our hiatus. Also note that, while our online submissions will be temporarily paused, our print submissions portal will still be open the entire summer!

Thin Air Online submissions will reopen on August 1st. We look forward to seeing your work!

04/25/2026

May 1st is ! Swing your and support Thin Air Magazine! 📖🪿⛰️

From start to finish, graduate students in NAU’s Creative Writing Program manage the publication of an annual collection of short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and visual art!

By supporting Thin Air Magazine with a donation, you are supporting a decades-long arts tradition that provides learning opportunities for students while elevating a diverse and incredible array of new artistic voices.

When you give to Thin Air, you’re not just supporting students... You are supporting emerging writers whose work deserves to be seen and heard. You’re helping keep Flagstaff a thriving literary space. You’re sustaining free workshops that bring people together, ensuring that a variety of voices continue to be published, printed, and celebrated, and you’re helping MFA students gain the hands-on experience that prepares them to step confidently into the publishing world.

Your generosity allows us to keep creating, keep publishing, and keep building community through literature.

If you’d like to learn more, make a donation, read our work, or get involved, you can visit the link in our bio. 💭

Thank you for believing in emerging voices, in student-run creativity, and in the importance of storytelling! ✨ We couldn’t do this without you!

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