SOUVENIR magazine currently accepts pitches and submissions for the following sections: personal essays, longform criticism, reportage, and fiction. We also would welcome ideas and pitches for the 'Lagniappe' section, which can range from a literary-themed tarot reading to a cadavre exquis-inspired literary game that provides players with the means of creating their own art manifesto. Humor pieces are also welcome.

Poetry is currently by referral only. 

What we're into: old books; young writers; personal essays about dating and sex that are honest about your own desires; Corsican narcotraffickers; learning new languages; French cults; poems with rhyme and meter; fiction with a plot and honest-to-God characters; dispatches from the frontlines (Ukraine, Gaza, Congo); escroqueries and arnaques; well-crafted dialogue; stories that take religious faith seriously; in-depth examinations of the rise of the far-right, especially in Europe; the French literary world; writing with style and a sense of humor; your guide to the best baguette in Paris (just kidding). 

What we're not: the vibeshift; Emily in Paris; the internet; Picasso; New York City; prose poems; your literary friends; declinist narratives; that new natural wine bar in the 11th; dumb tourists; Michel Houellebecq; chatbots; encomia to patisseries; the internet (we feel it necessary to repeat this one); essays about autofiction; how you renovated your lovely cottage in Normandy with your beautiful French partner; Gertrude Stein; James Joyce; your thoughts on cancel culture; lit bros; feminist icons; your favorite Parisian haunts; Trump.

Languages: We currently accept pitches in English and French. While Souvenir will be published in English, work written in French will be published online in the original as well. In the near future, we hope to accept pitches in other languages, but if you feel your idea is right for us, please get in touch! If you have the right story, we'll find the right translator, promise.

To submit, please use our submissions form below.