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volta. is the home for that little piece of genius stored in the back of your poetry folder that has never quite fit into any other lit journal. Perhaps, it’s too prose-y, too edgy, too visual, too culturally taboo, or too you. To us, that sounds perfect! Submit that poetic piece of genius to volta. before JANUARY 1, 2027, to be considered for the first ever volta. poetry+ literary journal Spring release!
Still not sure what we are after? Check out our blog, Ink Bleeds, for more info on what ifp. is all about!
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The IFP. Collective Manifesto - Deep Dive
Want to know more about what ifp. stands for? Check out our first blog post commenting on the ifp. Manifesto to understand more about our goals, aspirations, and values as writers and producers of contemporary texts.
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Poetry+ : The Point where Poetry Becomes, …
Don’t quite understand what type of writing we are looking for? Dive deeper into writing with the ifp. collective with this intro to writing above genre to see poetry in the process of writing,…
…well, everything!
COMING AUGUST 15th!!
Latest & Upcoming ifp. Zine Drops:
Volta targets hybrid, genre-defying experiments—pieces that live in the liminal spaces where traditional boundaries fray. ifp. calls these spaces poetry+, plus what? We want you to show us. Curation priorities favor radical vulnerability, new paradigms of thought and/or writing, genre-bending experiments in meaning making, raw human voices with grit, and language operating as an act of revelation or rebellion.
Submissions Open Now!
*Spring issue set to release: March 2027.
Submissions Pulled (for Release):
Jan 1st (Spring), May 15th (Summer), & Aug 1st (Autumn)
A highly selective distillation that curates the year’s absolute highest-voted work from all publications across ifp. It seamlessly weaves together the standout poetry+ from Volta and Ictus as well as the most profound craft essays and first-draft breakdowns from the “Ink Bleeds” blog.
Coming 2028!
*Annual issue set to release: January 2028
Highest voted entries pulled from all 2027 releases.
An elite, concentrated space to showcase a cohesive body of work by an author within the ifp. collective, or to serve as an urgent, rapid-response mini-issue in which the collective reacts to a specific cultural or aesthetic moment.