THE CHRONICLES OF WHAT?!?!?
Write something. Make something. Help someone make something. Come be part of this.
An open, peer-feedback publishing community for fiction, visual art, illustration, and the people who help creative work become stronger and find readers.
WHY THE CHRONICLES
Creative work deserves a publishing process built around people.
The Chronicles of What?!?!? is an open peer-feedback journal and creative community. There are no submission fees. Creators keep ownership of their work. Feedback is service, not co-authorship, and publication is a collaboration that keeps the creator’s voice and choices at the center.
Your work stays yours.
Writers, artists, and illustrators retain ownership. When work is published, The Chronicles receives defined, non-exclusive permission to publish, archive, and promote it.
Feedback helps you see the work.
Peer feedback offers perspective and possibilities. It is not writing or art by committee. The creator decides what to change, what to keep, and why.
AI can support the process — not replace the creator.
AI may support brainstorming, feedback, proofreading, clarity, accessibility, or revision work. The creative work itself must remain fundamentally the creator’s own, and meaningful AI use is disclosed.
Every contribution matters.
Authors, visual artists, illustrators, feedback providers, editors, supporters, and other contributors all help make the journal possible. Recognition is based on contribution milestones, not competition.
OPEN SUBMISSIONS
Open calls for things worth sharing.
NOW OPEN
Issue 0 – The Pilot
Everything starts with a pilot
This is the first offical issue of The Chronicles of What?!?!?!? It all starts with a spark and an diea. All submissions on any topic are welcome. If you have ideas aroudn beginnings, pilots, or journeys that would be great but not required.
- Submission window
- September 30, 2026–October 12, 2026
- Expected publication
- November 9, 2026
- Maximum submissions
- 5 per contributor
- General consideration
- Eligible
NOW OPEN
Sample Issue
Sample
This is a sample to show what a issue may look like. There are no open calls for this issue. The goal is to show what a couple of stories and an illustration look like to give you an exampler of what a finished product could look like
- Submission window
- September 15, 2026–October 10, 2026
- Expected publication
- October 2, 2026
- Maximum submissions
- 10 per contributor
- General consideration
- Eligible