Submissions
La Lesbienne is an international lesbian journal. We have a particular commitment to making space for voices, histories and perspectives that mainstream publishing has too often marginalised, overlooked or erased.
Politics · Culture · Archives · Literature · Place & Movement · Research
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Politics · Culture · Archives · Literature · Place & Movement · Research ·
Before You Submit
There is more than one way into La Lesbienne.
The journal holds space for different forms of knowledge, experience and creative practice. What we value is work built with rigour, intention and care. First-time contributors are welcome to submit.
Editorial Standards
La Lesbienne exists because lesbian lives, histories and thought deserve to be taken seriously, within academic spaces and far beyond them.
We are interested in work that interrogates power, challenges what is treated as neutral, and makes space for lesbian thought on its own terms.
Writing should remain readable and accessible. Dense academic prose is not required, but arguments should be carefully developed and well evidenced where necessary.
Payment
All selected contributors are paid.
Current rates and publication terms: Payment & Rights →
POLITICS →
Reporting and analysis on the laws, movements, institutions, conflicts and structures shaping lesbian life.
Suggested length: 800–1,500 words
Film, television, music, media and cultural phenomena examined through a lesbian critical lens.
Suggested length: 700–1,200 words
Recovering photographs, documents, publications, people and histories that risk being forgotten.
Suggested length: 700–1,500 words
BOOK REVIEW & LITERARY HIGHLIGHT →
New books, overlooked texts and lesbian literary history explored through reviews, analysis, literary features and wider editorial coverage.
Suggested length: 600–1,000 words
Longer-form, accessible research on lesbian history, politics, culture, institutions and lived experience.
Suggested length: 1,500–2,000 words
A focused look at lesbian history, politics, culture and everyday life through place, movement, migration and local context.
Suggested length: 1,000–2,000 words
can be written in any language
We welcome visual work, including illustration, photography, collage, painting and other forms of visual practice.
If you have work that you feel belongs within the visual world of La Lesbienne, we want to see it.
CURRENT CALL · Q1 2027 · CLOSES FRI 1 JAN 2027
How to Submit
Send all submissions to: martha@lalesbienne.com
Use the subject line:
Submission – [Section] – [Your Name]
Questions? Get in touch at the same address. We read every submission.