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title: 'The Perch: The Mix (Vol. 9)'
description: >-
  Open call for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork and scholarly work on
  mental health for Yale's The Perch journal, themed "The Mix."
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updatedAt: '2026-10-11'
programType: Open call
organization: Yale Program for Recovery and Community health
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deadline: '2026-10-31'
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  - poetry
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# The Perch: The Mix (Vol. 9)

**Hosted by:** Yale Program for Recovery and Community health

**Type:** Open call | **Location:** New Haven, CT, United States | **Deadline:** October 31, 2026

## About This Program

> "The Mix — the double-sided nature of mental illness and mental health"

### About This Call

The title and theme of our next issue, THE MIX, refers to the double-sided nature of mental illness and mental health. Put together, it creates a complex, tangled and beautiful mixture of emotions, attitudes and experiences. To be more specific: there is no doubt that mental illness is painful, sometimes excruciatingly so, and at times cruelly limits its sufferers from attaining their hopes and dreams. At the same time, many psychiatric survivors have spoken about the newfound depth and awareness that their journeys have brought them, and their appreciation of every moment, and the new stories that they have experienced and learned to tell. Without romanticizing the burdens of illness, this issue of THE PERCH will attempt to get at the puzzle of it all: the highs and low, the joys and sorrows, and the brilliant things that can derive from the experience.

We seek poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, artwork, visual art, and scholarly pieces that illustrate the profound melange of mental illness. We are most interested in personal stories. This is a peer-reviewed open call—all are welcome to submit for consideration. We anticipate an October 2027 launch event.

### About The Perch

For more than a decade, The Perch has served as our platform for bringing creative and artistic voices into the conversation about mental health. At PRCH, our work considers the many aspects of mental health—physical, emotional, social, civic, political, cultural, spiritual, and more. Our magazine's goal is to offer a forum for listening to many different voices.

We conceptualize a "perch" as both a higher vantage point from which to survey an area and gain a new perspective as well as a place upon which to rest. The Perch supports our efforts to expand the mental health narrative to include new and unexpected voices, ideas, and creative expressions. The Perch is published bi-annually. We invite submissions from artists and writers across the U.S. and abroad, including people in recovery from all backgrounds and experiences, once the focus of the upcoming issue is selected.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, artwork, visual art, scholarly writing
- **Note:** We invite submissions from artists and writers across the U.S. and abroad, including people in recovery from all backgrounds and experiences, once the focus of the upcoming issue is selected. This is a peer-reviewed open call — all are welcome to submit for consideration.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** October 6, 2026
- **Deadline:** October 31, 2026

## Contact

**Contact:** Graziela Reis

**Email:** graziela.reis@yale.edu

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/consulting-and-evaluation-services/program-for-recovery-and-community-health/news-and-events/the-perch/