Accepting Submissions for Winter 2025 Now!

Anyone may submit to Open Ceilings.

We accept all forms of prose, poetry, artwork and photography.

Who We Are

Winter 2025

Winter 2025

NOW ANNOUNCING:
The Sky is Not Blue

Open Ceilings is excited to present the theme and title for our newest Winter 2025 issue: The Sky is Not Blue

The submissions window for the issue is now open! Click below to learn more on how to submit!

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NEW FEATURES

Read through this month’s featured poems, short stories, photography and much more!

And Learn about the creators behind them!


  • tiktaalik | Poetry

    An Nguyen, a UC Davis alum, is a poet and writer based in the Bay Area. Their phone is perpetually cluttered with half-finished thoughts…


  • The Crane by the Shore | Short Fiction

    Michelle is a UC Davis alumni (c/o '22) with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. She discovered her passion for fiction writing after enrolling in a creative writing course at UC Davis.