plain china accepts submissions of literary journals or magazines featuring undergraduate work published in the last academic year. Our reading periods are from September to December and February to April each year. Journals received during our off-seasons will be held until the next reading period.

We are currently accepting submissions of literary journals or magazines featuring undergraduate writing and art, published during the 2024-2026 academic years. 

If you are interested in submitting your literary journal to plain china, please read and adhere to the following guidelines:

If your journal is available as a pdf and/or online, you can submit the journal in its entirety at [email protected].

Print journals are also accepted, and may be sent to:

plain china
Virginia Commonwealth University
Hibbs Hall
900 Park Ave #306
Richmond, VA 23284

Since plain china is a collection of only the best undergraduate writing, we ask that you specify whether or not your submitted journal is comprised entirely of undergraduate writers. If your submission includes authors who are not undergraduates, we ask that you provide a list of which authors in your journal are undergraduates and therefore can be considered for publication in plain china.