The Mission

Literature has had a course number after it for too long.

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At Armchair/Shotgun, we set out to create the kind of literary journal that we, as writers, would want publishing our own work. We wanted to foster playful experimentation as well as pointed execution of craft. Our ideal author disappears into the story, letting the words do the talking rather than affect a style or attitude.

At Armchair/Shotgun, we do not care about your bio. We read all submissions anonymously, and conceal even an author's name until a piece has been selected for publication.

Good writing does not know one MFA program from another. It does not know a PhD from a high school drop-out. Good writing does not know your interstate exit or your subway stop, and it does not care what you've written before. Good writing knows only story.