Submission Guidelines

Contributors must be in relationship with the community of St Brendan’s in the City, Washington DC. Learn more about the church at https://stbrendansdc.org/.

Participants may submit as many as three original pieces per issue for consideration, but only one will be published per person (with the exception of photography and poetry). Stay tuned for the upcoming theme and deadline for the nextissue of Macalla. All submissions should be based on the proposed theme. Content does not need to be explicitly religious.

Macalla is open to a wide range of genres, including but not limited to:

  • Reflections

  • Essays

  • Short stories

  • One-act plays

  • Artwork

  • Short films

  • Original recorded music and song

  • Recipes

  • Book, album, event, and movie reviews

  • Poetry

  • Photography