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Enduring Voices Literary Magazine
The authors and artists in Enduring Voices capture the reality of living with various medical conditions and types of neurodivergence (whether their own or their loved ones’) with unflinching honesty and vulnerability. They re-affirm autonomy over invisible illnesses or hidden personal struggles and their stories emphasize the resilience required to live through each day. Featuring personal essays, poems, and original visual artworks, this collection of voices encompasses how varied our everyday lives are from each other’s.
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The IHRAM Press magazine was created with a simple goal: to celebrate and uplift up-and-coming authors from all over the world. Each of our contributors contend with their identities in the context of their environments, providing readers with their unique perspectives on issues of human rights.
IHRAM Press Magazine proudly provides a platform for these voices, offering a space for poetry and prose to resonate with reflections of emotion, hope, and the enduring connection to one’s identity.
Our publishing concerns for 2025.
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Magazine edition: Quarter 4, Voices of the Unhoused
Deadline to submit: December 1st 2025
Centering on homelessness and the unhoused, this issue explores the human stories behind stereotypes, societal failures, and the fight for basic rights like shelter and healthcare. Reflections on homelessness during COVID-19 and personal journeys to stability provide a stark reminder of the ongoing struggle for dignity and safety.
We are committed to publishing personal experiences of those who have been unhoused, factual retellings of stories about homelessness in the author’s life, reflections of the author’s personal experiences, and feelings of optimism and faith. We encourage submissions from all over the world, regardless of gender or identity.
Magazine Themes: Homelessness, societal inequality, human rights, personal and creative reflections in order to break stereotypes, and post-pandemic challenges.
Include your submission and required supplemental information to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org
Our publishing concerns for 2026.
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Magazine edition: Quarter 1, Reflections on Religious, Spiritual, and Ethnic Prejudice.
Submissions open from December 1st 2025 - February 1st 2026.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO PUBLISH?
Across the world, countless people live where their religion, ethnicity, or spiritual practices are not accepted, whether it’s outlawed or silenced. But within this prejudice, many have found empowerment. This magazine will focus on voices that rise, resist, and reimagine.
We welcome short-stories, essays, art, and poetry from anyone who has lived at the divide of faith and ethnicity. This magazine aims to bring to light diverse experiences and to create a collective space of empowerment, visibility, and connection.
Let’s grow a community where stories of faith, transformation, resistance, or hope can be voiced freely.
WHAT DO IHRAM PRESS PROMISE TO YOU?
We invite submissions for this forthcoming magazine that explore religion, spirituality, identity, and resistance in the face of exclusion.
We would like to publish stories that reflect on:
The complexities of ethnicity and religion, and how they diverge or converge.
Generational or cultural religious and spiritual traditions as sources of wisdom and resistance.
First-hand stories of individuals who have changed their faith, left religious communities, or been cast out by family, state, or community, and how they forged new paths.
The role of Indigenous spirituality and collective spiritual practices in sustaining communities.
Accounts of hope, resilience, and belonging found in the aftermath of exclusion.
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Magazine edition: Voices on Gender, Queerness & Becoming.
Submissions open from March 1st 2026 - May 1st 2026.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO?
This edition will celebrate the uniqueness of every individual, whether gender queer, non-binary, agender, gender-fluid, transgender, or anyone within the LGBTQ+ community, including those who choose not to label themselves or are still embracing their journey. Each person decides their own path and identity.
WHAT DO IHRAM PRESS PROMISE TO YOU?
We welcome work that reflects on:
Experiences of feeling “othered” by societal rules and norms.
Trans joy, resilience, and creativity as forms of resistance.
Cultural perspectives on gender and identity, and how different societies approach openness.
Reflections on restrictive laws or policies that deny freedom of expression, and the importance of resisting them through art-activism.
This magazine is not about “unconventionality”, but it is about uniqueness, freedom, and growing communities and care. Through stories, poems, essays, and art, we want to honor the joy, struggles, and resistance of queer and trans lives worldwide.
We welcome submissions from all over the world, regardless of gender or identity.
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Magazine edition: Quarter 3, Stories of Land, Climate & Resistance.
Submissions open from June 1st 2026 - August 1st 2026.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO?
As global warming accelerates and climate change deepens, we are witnessing more frequent and devastating environmental disasters, often unrecognized or unaddressed by governments, leaving countless people homeless, vulnerable, and disadvantaged.
WE ARE EAGER TO PUBLISH:
The beauty and importance of protecting our land, air, and waters.
Stories of resilience, care, and cultural traditions tied to the environment.
The consequences of environmental destruction and neglect.
Hopeful visions of renewal, stewardship, and intergenerational responsibility.
WHAT DOES IHRAM PRESS PROMISE TO YOU?
We believe that living in a safe, healthy environment is a human right. This magazine will amplify creative works and remind us to honor and safeguard our ancestral and future home. Share your stories, reflections, and art that empower hope and action for our environment.
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Magazine edition: Quarter 4, Stories of Women of Colour, Culture & Becoming.
Submissions open from August 1st 2026 - October 1st 2026.
WE WELCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ON:
Experiences of discrimination and inequality (health, social, political, economic).
Intersectional feminism: recognizing that inequalities are lived differently across identities and contexts.
Cultural and generational stories—memories, traditions, and the legacies women carry.
Creative expressions of solidarity, empowerment, and collective care.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO:
We are opening submissions for an issue dedicated to amplifying the voices of women of colour, including transgender women and women living across cultures as expats, migrants, or in diasporic communities.
This issue will explore stories of hope, resistance, and resilience—shining a light on the struggles, strengths, and creativity of women of colour worldwide.
WHAT DO IHRAM PRESS PROMISE TO YOU?
We also acknowledge that terms such as “women of colour,” “BIPOC,” or “BAME” can be limiting, centering whiteness in ways that feel triggering or reductive. We invite contributors to self-identify in the ways that feel most authentic to them. This issue is a platform for visibility, empowerment, and art as resistance. We recognize that not all inequalities are experienced the same way. Therefore, we wish to highlight intersectional feminism in this collection and amplify those voices.
Of course, we will continue to look, to listen and to learn about issues of concern for creators from Algeria to Zimbabwe, and everywhere in between! Up to 50% of each issue will be reserved for pieces that expand our understanding of human rights and social justice concerns not covered by the quarterly theme.
Include your submission and required supplemental information to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org
Submission Guidelines
Before submitting, please review the following guidelines, including (1) IHRAM’s accepted media, required supplemental information, and quarterly magazine themes. We are only accepting pieces which align with our annual themes at this time. Thank you!
We are interested in reviewing and publishing the following for the 2025/2026 quarterly magazine:
Poetry (up to 5 poems per author),
Short-stories (up to 2,500 words),
Personal essays (up to 2,500 words), and
Visual art*.
*Accepted Visual Art includes: mixed media, acrylics, oil paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, sculptures, or any forms that fit our magazine themes.
Submission for artwork is unlimited. Please note, your published artwork might be presented in black-and-white and therefore should be suitable for “print”. We WILL NOT accept any AI-Generated art. Ensure your artwork is submitted as .JPG, .PDFs, or .PNGs.
Please submit your poetry, short story, essay, or artwork to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org along with the following required information:
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
IHRAM Press pays $50 per accepted written piece.
IHRAM Press pays $25 per accepted artist
IHRAM Press is a
Pushcart-Prize, Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays nominating quarterly literary journal.
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Our Values
We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability, engagement and celebration of diversity.
We publish an ever-expanding collection of original works from lesser known and up-and-coming writers who seek to bring attention to urgent social justice issues around the world. IHRAM Publishes has presented work from 73 countries and 30 U.S. States.
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2025 Quarterly Literary Magazine
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The Evolving Gaze
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The featured authors and artists share raw first-hand experiences and bring a broad spectrum of perspectives to the forefront, challenging traditional notions of masculinity. Drawing from generational and cultural heritage, they embrace progressive ways of thinking and reflect on their forefathers’ experiences to redefine identity and self-expression.
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Invisible Chains
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The authors and artists in Invisible Chains speak volumes, from Iran and Morocco, to the United States and Canada. They reflect on cultural discrimination, financial struggles, and the mental turmoil brought about by forceful migration and contemporary slavery. Through their stories, we rise up and represent those suppressed or oppressed, to foster more inclusive spaces for immigrants and refugees.
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Enduring Voices
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The authors and artists in Enduring Voices capture the reality of living with various medical conditions and types of neurodivergence (whether their own or their loved ones’) with unflinching honesty and vulnerability. They re-affirm autonomy over invisible illnesses or hidden personal struggles and their stories emphasize the resilience required to live through each day.
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2024 Quarterly Literary Magazine
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Resilience Amidst Displacement
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Home is a privilege so many of us take for granted. Whether it’s a simple roof over our heads, enclosed walls to shelter our loved ones, or the luxury of a locked door. The authors and artists featured in Resilience Amidst Displacement: Voice of a Refugee bravely share their stories and reflect upon the experiences of others; tales of being torn from home, watching their cities destroyed from afar, navigating unfamiliar cultures, and reconstructing their understanding of home within themselves.
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Reflections of Feminine Empowerment
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The pieces featured in this quarter’s magazine explore themes of economic parity, workplace equity, and the ongoing pursuit of gender equality. IHRAM Magazine proudly advocates for peaceful feminism through creativity that sparks dialogue and promotes unity. Through poetry, prose, and visual art, we delve into not only the challenges but also the triumphs of women worldwide, amplifying voices often marginalized and celebrating the resilience found in shared stories.
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Childhood Dreams and Aspirations
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A child’s experiences will shape their entire life, from their dreams to their aspirations, all the way into adulthood. The authors and artists featured in Childhood Dreams and Aspirations boldly share their firsthand accounts and reflect upon their youth experience: tales of childhood memories trans- formed into life lessons, challenges faced by teachers, war-affected youths, and advice to our future children.
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Indigenous Voices
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Throughout history and across the globe, Indigenous people have faced silenced voices, profound injustices, and forced displacement from their homes and communities. However, they continue to rise; sharing their stories with courage and pride and beautifully threading their ideas of spirituality and mythology into the innate fabric of their narratives. The authors and artists in Indigenous Voices urge us to challenge the past, draw insight from their themes, and carry their knowledge into our present and future.
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2023 Collected Works
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If art is a window, consider this magazine a direct line — a can and string mechanism — to a fellow human, a world away. The beauty of the International Human Rights Art Movement is that we are not just another soldier in the fight for global human equality; we are a peaceful space for human connection and reflection. We envision a world where artist activism is honored as a human right, and a source of social change.
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A Human Voice
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This books collects poems, short stories and essays, from authors in every continent (save Antarctica). In it, you will read about female perseverance through insurmountable odds, musings on masculinity and gender, out- cries against interpersonal prejudice and systemic racism, and elegies for people whose lives were taken unjustly through conflict and war. Each of the authors in this anthology contend with their identities in the context of their environments, providing readers with their unique perspectives on issues of human rights.
About IHRAM Literary Magazine
The IHRAM magazine was created with a simple goal: to celebrate and uplift up-and-coming authors from all over the world; each of the authors in this anthology contend with their identities in the context of their environments, providing their unique perspectives on issues of human rights.
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Writer Feature: Jordan Redekop-Jones
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones. Jordan is a Canadian, Mixed-Indigenous winner of the 2024 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence for Poetry and the 2024 Indigenous Voices Award in the unpublished poetry category. She shares her musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on her experience with us as an author and activist.
Artist Feature: Luis Pedro Picasso
The Artist’s Notebook: featuring Luis Pedro Picasso. Luis is a graphic designer and illustrator from Uruguay. He is one of IHRAM’s treasured artists. In this interview, he shares his musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on his experience with us as an artist and activist.
Writer Feature: Raymond Sewell
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Raymond Sewell. Raymond is one of IHRAM Press’s treasured writers. In this interview, they share their musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on their experience with us as an author and activist.
Reclaiming our voice through art.
FEN HSU, IHRAM Press artist, speaks about the relationship between Indigenous culture & disability awareness through art.
Writer Feature: Jadi Campbell
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Jadi Campbell. Jadi Campbell is from Germany / Upstate New York. Jadi is one of IHRAM Press’s treasured writers. In this interview, she shares her musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on her experience with us as an author and activist.
Artist Feature: Avis Blackbird
The Artist’s Notebook: featuring Avis Blackbird. Avis is an Indigenous writer from Vancouver, Canada. She is also one of IHRAM’s treasured artists. In this interview, she shares her musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on her experience with us as an artist and activist.
Writer Feature: Emma Goldman-Sherman
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Emma Goldman-Sherman. She’s from the United States and is one of IHRAM Press’s treasured writers. In this interview, she shares their musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on their experience with us as an author and activist.
Celebrating women in translation month
Celebrating Women in Translation month with Loranne Vella and Sepideh Razmjoo.
Loranne contributed a bold piece in “the Feminine Voice of Malta” anthology, advocating for female writers & translators. Sepideh contributed vulnerable writing and art to “Iranian Women Speak" anthology, fighting for social justice through art.
Writer Feature: Ginger Strivelli
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Ginger Strivelli, a writer from the United States.
Artist Feature: Fen Hsu
The Artist’s Notebook: featuring Fen Hsu, an artist from the United States.
Writer Feature: Aine Collins
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Aine Collins, a writer from Ireland.
Art as a Voice for Social Justice
Art as a Voice for Justice: six of our treasured authors and artists reflect on what inspired their work—and how masculinity speaks through it, bringing us behind the scenes in their creative process.
Insights for creatives
Insights for creatives: on expression and identity.
Our authors and artists reflect on what drives their work—and how masculinity, identity, and expression speak through it.
Editors Speak: Katherine De Chant
Katherine De Chant, editor of Queer Voices of the World, an IHRAM Press publication, speaks out about Pride month and how we can support the LGBTQ+ community.
Voices Shaping Narratives
Voices Shaping Narratives: Our authors and artists reflect on what inspired their work—and how masculinity speaks through it.
Award Nominees
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2024
“Instruction Manual: Sheets of Desire” by Miriam Calleja, Malta;
“The Hollow” by Pacella Chukwuma-Eke, Nigeria;
“To Bury A Curious Girl” by Amirah Al Wassif, Egypt;
“Savio” by Rigel Portales, Philippines;
“Nani’s Chai” by Navin Desai, United States;
“Fifteen” by Ana Reisens, Spain
2023
Edward Edmond Eduful, Ariana Lee, Mackenzie Duan, Alyza Taguilaso, Marcus Ugboduma and Simon Thaddeus Tsaga
2022
Joanna Cockerline, Alex Stein, AlfredoSalvatore Arcilesi, Luiza Louback, Joshua Effiong, Kristin W. Davis
2021
Laneikka Denne, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Sunday Obiageli, Esther Iyanuoluwa, Dean Gessie, Ashley Sophia
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2024
“Chamelemom” by Nathaniel Spencer-Cross;
“Green Door” by Kathleen Hellen;
“Quaking” by Kimberly W. Heiman
2023
Tyler Hein, Hec Lampert-Bates, Lena Petrović, Kashvi Ramani
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2024
“Red Red Roses” by Jadi Campbell, Germany and United States;
“Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is Terrorism Against Women’s Bodies” by Nagasha Martina, Uganda
2023
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