Visual Art and Graphics

Please read these guidelines thoroughly before submitting to Lunch Ticket. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered.

Visual Art for Lunch Ticket Issue 27


 Visual Art can be submitted year-round. Submissions received between October 1st and March 31st will be reviewed for the spring issue (published in June), and those received between April 1st and September 30th will be reviewed for the fall issue (published in December). We accept photography, mixed-media, painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking, graphic narratives, and other 2D work.  

(see general guidelines)

Visual Art Submission Guidelines:

  • Please submit to Lunch Ticket only once per issue reading period (regardless of genre).
  • If your work has been published in Lunch Ticket, please skip one issue before submitting again.
  • Any submissions received through this section that are not Visual Art and Graphics will be declined without being reviewed.
  • All submissions at Lunch Ticket are read anonymously in the first round. We only read pieces that have all identifying information removed. Make sure no identifying information exists in the document title, submission title, or the work itself. Identifying information (such as names and bios) can only be included in the cover letter, and not in any attached files or the submission title.
  • Submit up to 10 images in JPEG, PDF, TIFF, GIF or PNG format. Each image should be numbered and named in this format: “1_title.” If the title of a work is long, you may abbreviate it in the image name.
  • Submit in a single DOC or DOCX file (titled “Statement”) the following three things:

                  1. An artist statement (50-400 words) with no identifying information

                   2. The name of the collection

                   3. A list of submitted images with the following information in this order:

                                            Image Number, Image Title, Date (year), Medium, Dimensions

  • We allow simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter that this is a simultaneous submission, and if your piece is accepted elsewhere, you must notify us immediately.
  • We do not accept previously published work (this includes work published in personal blogs or social media).
  • We do not accept AI-generated work.
  • Submitters must be 18 years of age or older.
  • All submitters are added to our bi-monthly newsletter email subscriber list.

If your work is accepted for publication, we will ask for a short bio, and you’ll have a chance to edit your statement for publication.

 We look forward to sampling your work!

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