The Orichalcum Tower ReviewWe publish a digital magazine three times a year during the months of December, April, and September.The April Submission Window will open on January 15th, 2026.The Orichalcum Tower Review, Volume 1, click me to download!

The Orichalcum Tower ReviewHigh above the noise of the everyday stands the Orichalcum Tower, a place shaped by writers rather than legend. Its purpose is simple: to gather stories, poems, and reflections that imagine differently. Within its walls, language is used to build worlds, question reality, and look sideways at what we think we know.Call for SubmissionsWe seek short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction that engages with fantasy in its broadest sense. Write of places that never were, histories that diverged, or futures shaped by imagination. We are interested in work that explores power, loss, wonder, survival, and change.Submission ThemeFor our April issue, we seek work where food, cooking, and shared meals carry meaning beyond sustenance. Kitchens as ritual spaces. Recipes as memory, magic, or inheritance. Hunger, abundance, transformation, and the quiet power of preparation. Submission themes are always optional and not required for submissions.For Writers in ConfinementSubmissions are welcome from writers who are incarcerated or otherwise restricted in access. Handwritten or typed work is accepted. If you write from confinement, your work will be read with the same care and consideration as all others.What We Look ForMythic or speculative writing without strict genre limitsPoetry with atmosphere and intentProse where the ordinary and the unreal intersectWhy SubmitSkill: Develop your craft through publicationVisibility: Share your work with an international audienceThe Orichalcum Tower Review
Where imagination is taken seriously, and fantasy becomes a way of seeing.We will be having a issue cover contest. The winner will be given a $40 payment. Please check the Submissions page for more details.

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Submissions will open for the April Issue on January 15th, 2026.

Editor in Chief
Joey Colby Bernert (Any/All)
Joey Colby Bernert is a statistician, clinical social worker, and public health researcher based in Michigan. They founded The Orichalcum Tower Review as a creative offshoot of their work in mental health and social systems, seeking to carve out space for the strange, the heartfelt, and the formally unruly. When not editing or writing, Joey enjoys tabletop roleplaying games, lake walks with their dog, and designing participatory health projects for small towns.