Submit to Ashcan

Ashcan Magazine is a creative platform for underground and independent artists. As such, we have an open door policy for submissions. Please send queries, comments, proposals, and materials to: submissions@ashcanmagazine.com

Writing Submission Guidelines

These guidelines cover submissions for all writing and prose pieces including but not limited to interviews, articles, editorials, and short stories.

Interviews for musicians, visual and performance artists, or any other artistic individual you find appealing should have a good mix of questions that try to capture the tone and message of your interviewee. There’s no limit on how long or short it can be, but some editing may be required if it takes up too much space. Be sure to include visuals along with the submission–we can’t run pages of pure text! Photos and scans are the best, but send whatever you have, we’ll make it work.

For articles and non-fiction pieces, we’re always interested “strange-but-true” stories focusing on people, places, and events happening in San Francisco and the Bay Area. That’s not to say we won’t look at your piece if it doesn’t directly connect to the Bay Area, but it most definitely helps. Again, photos, scans, flyers, or whatever visuals you have to contribute to the piece are always great additions to any feature.

Editorials are another facet of our publication we’re looking to run. Do you have an opinion on local politics or communities? What about an analytical take on the underground art scene? Whatever the case we’re always interested in hearing about unique circumstances and takes on local, national, and worldwide events.

Visual Art Submissions

If you are an illustrator, painter, photographer, graphic designer–whatever–and would like to have your work included in an upcoming feature or spotlighted send us whatever pieces you would like to have looked through, along with a little something about yourself and work. Of course, the more material the better!

Sending in albums, records, and zines for review

If you have an album, record, or zine you’d like to have reviewed or spotlighted, send it to our mailing address at:

Ashcan Magazine
c/o Reviews
660 4th St. #420
San Francisco, CA 94107

Be sure to include a website/email address for people to get a hold of you. We definitely want to get the word out on your project!

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For both our website and print editions we usually have some features in the pipeline, but we undoubtedly encourage you get a hold of us if you’re interested in submitting something. We can’t always guarantee we’ll be able to run it, but we promise not to leave you hanging.