Submission: If your submission is writing, please send it in an editable format. Google Docs are preferred.

Include:

1. Preferred name to be published with your work (or mark "anonymous" if you don't want to share your name)

2. Your Pronouns

3. Social Media Handle for others to follow you and credit your work (optional)

4. Where you’re from

5. Type of Submission:

Ex: Letters, Theory, Poetry, Photography, etc.

6. Any Other Info You Want to include with your work

(Images, Medium, Inspirations, etc.)

We will be in contact with you a few days after submissions end to let you know if your work will be included in the next edition. <3

Opal Age is a space dedicated and created by queer community.

We use words like “queer” as to not be limited in our scope. Further, "queerness" is in alignment with our philosophy. After all, we dream borderlessly.

It is not required to disclose your identity to us. This is to honor the private lives of those who submit. Please do not assume the identity, in turn, of those who are published.

We will always shamelessly be a queer creative collective but we know too well the confines of the closet and societal dangers queer individuals face internationally.

It is our assumption and practice that those who submit are in solidarity with the queer community; our struggles and our limitless capacity for joy.

Send your submission to opalagetribune@gmail.com

This is the only way to submit currently, please do not use our contact form on the website or DMs. We won’t answer (we promise!)

The submission window is subject to change depending on the edition and the vibe for the year.

Submissions are currently open for Humanity until April 16th, 2026.

No minimum, 2000 word maximum per piece. (for now…) >:)

No!

Currently, Opal Age has no payment structure available for creators.

Hell, we don’t even get paid yet!

Opal Age is a project run by hungry queers around the world.

Please do! If you submit to more than one edition, you are an O.A.T. GOAT in our hearts.

Our magazine has the potential to get spicy at times, so we ask that those who submit are 18+

Otherwise, we encourage and treasure our intergenerational community to grow in all its aging glory.

The short answer is no! That’s our job!

Because of Opal Age’s design and format, your writing will likely be reformatted for readability across digital platforms. Please let us know if something cannot be altered.

Depends!

If we made a spelling mistake in your name/ handle/ titles/ pronouns, totally!

We will not allow any changes to the design once published. (colors, fonts, regrettable lines about your ex, etc.)

If you find our ethereal designs not in alignment with your creative vision, please let us know before the full edition is published digitally.

If you would like us to change your pronouns or name in our digital plain text archive at any time, please let us know via email at oplagetribune@gmail.com

All pieces are published on our website and in print, through our supplier Mixam.

We do not accept submissions depicting gore in written or visual form.