Introducing…
Avalon Anthology
What is Avalon Anthology?
Avalon Anthology is the official literary publication of Jack Wild Publishing - a curated, seasonal collection dedicated to showcasing emerging voices in poetry, prose, and experimental writing.
Each edition serves as a living archive of writers at different stages of their creative journey, offering a space where new and developing voices can be seen, celebrated, and preserved through publication.
More than a magazine or journal, Avalon Anthology is a seasonal literary ecosystem designed to connect writers through shared creative opportunities, structured programs, and curated submission pathways.
A Seasonal Literary Collection
Avalon Anthology is published four times per year, with each edition reflecting the tone, emotion, and energy of its season:
Spring Edition
Summer Edition
Fall Edition
Winter Edition
Each issue is carefully curated to reflect not only the season, but the creative themes and lived experiences of the writers featured within it.
Together, these four editions form a year-long literary cycle that highlights growth, reflection, transformation, and storytelling in all its forms.
How Writers are Featured
Writers are selected for Avalon Anthology through a combination of curated opportunities and creative pathways within Jack Wild Publishing.
Each edition has its own unique submission structure:
Spring Edition
Exclusive to participants in Authors in Bloom, our guided spring writing and publishing experience.
Summer Edition
Exclusive to participants in our Annual Chapbook Prize Program, featuring selected chapbook contest submissions and emerging award-winning voices.
Fall Edition
Open for curated submissions from the wider writing community, highlighting a diverse range of voices and styles.
Winter Edition
A themed, curated collection focused on reflection, closure, memory, and emotional depth.
This structure allows us to support both internal creative development and external literary discovery.
What Avalon Anthology Represents
Avalon Anthology was created to:
• Elevate emerging and underrepresented voices
• Provide meaningful literary publication opportunities
• Connect writers across programs and creative pathways
• Build a growing archive of contemporary poetic and narrative work
• Celebrate writing as both personal expression and shared experience
Each edition is a snapshot of creative life - capturing voices that might otherwise go unheard.
A Platform for Emerging Writers
Being featured in Avalon Anthology means joining a growing community of writers who are actively shaping their literary identities.
Contributors receive:
• publication in a curated seasonal edition
• author credit and literary recognition
• visibility within the Jack Wild Publishing community
• connection to future publishing and development opportunities
For many writers, Avalon Anthology serves as an early milestone in their creative and publishing journey.
Our Vision
Avalon Anthology is built on the belief that literary space should be intentional, inclusive, and supportive of growth.
We are committed to building a publication that values:
• artistic voice over volume
• development over speed
• community over competition
• storytelling over trends
Each edition continues this vision by offering writers a platform rooted in care, curation, and creative integrity.
Avalon Anthology 2026 Editions
Each year, Avalon Anthology publishes four curated seasonal editions. Each issue reflects the emotional, thematic, and creative energy of its season while showcasing emerging voices from within the Jack Wild Publishing community.
Avalon Anthology
Spring 2026
The Spring Edition of Avalon Anthology marks the beginning of our 2026 publishing cycle.
This edition is exclusive to participants in Authors in Bloom, Jack Wild Publishing’s guided spring writing and publishing experience.
Theme: Awakening
Spring 2026 centers on awakening in all its forms - creative, emotional, and personal. This edition explores renewal, rediscovery, and the first steps toward becoming something new.
Writers featured in this edition engage with themes such as:
• beginnings and rebirth
• emotional and creative awakening
• self-discovery and identity shifts
• hope, hesitation, and growth
• the quiet unfolding of voice and vision
Spring is a season of emergence - where writers begin to see themselves not just as creators, but as authors in motion.
Submission Guidelines
Date: Submissions open May 1st and end May 29th.
(Beginning in 2027, Spring submissions will open March 1st annually)
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in the Authors in Bloom program.
Theme: Awakening in all its forms - emotional, creative, personal, and spiritual. We are looking for work that explores the moment a writer begins to notice themselves as an artist, even if uncertain or unfinished. This theme may include: the first stirrings of creative identity, emotional or personal reawakening, learning to trust your voice, stepping into uncertainty or new beginnings, or shedding old versions of self.
Genre(s): Poetry
Formatting: Submissions should be in 12-point Times New Roman, and submitted via email as a Word document or PDF.
Originality: Submissions must be original and not previously published.
Avalon Anthology
Summer 2026
The Summer Edition features writers from the Annual Summer Chapbook Contest.
All contest participants are eligible.
Theme: Echoes of Voice
The Summer Edition explores voice in its most fully formed and resonant state - what remains after a poem is written, spoken, and remembered.
This is a theme of presence, repetition, and resonance. It asks: what lingers after the writing is finished?
We are looking for work that reflects:
• strong, intentional poetic voice
• repetition of emotion or memory
• identity expressed through language
• echoes of past experiences or relationships
• chapbook excerpts that feel cohesive and complete
• work that carries weight and recognition
Echoes of Voice is about writers who are beginning to hear themselves clearly on the page - and are ready to be heard by others.
Submission Guidelines
Date: Submissions open June 20th and end July 18th.
Eligibility: Must be a participant of the Annual Summer Chapbook Contest.
Theme: Echoes of Voice - centering on the idea of voice as presence, memory, and resonance. This is a theme about what remains after the writing is complete. It asks writers to consider not only what they are saying, but how their voice continues to exist beyond the page. This theme may include: conversations with self, past selves, or imagined voices, relationships that continue to “echo” after they end, grief, love, or longing that resurface in layered ways, and memory that returns in fragments, patterns, or echoes.
Genre(s): Poetry
Formatting: Submissions should be in 12-point Times New Roman, and submitted via email as a Word document or PDF.
Originality: Submissions must be original and not previously published.