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title: The Mix
description: >-
  Open call for THE MIX, the next issue of The Perch, a mental-health creative
  arts journal: poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, visual art and scholarly
  pieces. Free to submit.
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deadline: '2026-10-31'
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# The Mix

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

**Type:** Open call | **Location:** New York, NY, United States | **Deadline:** October 31, 2026

## About This Program

> "THE MIX — the double-sided nature of mental illness and mental health"

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.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** drawing, painting, visual art, poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction
- **Note:** This is a peer-reviewed open call—all are welcome to submit for consideration. The Perch invites submissions from artists and writers across the U.S. and abroad, including people in recovery from all backgrounds and experiences.

### Additional Requirements

Submit poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, artwork, visual art, or scholarly pieces via Submittable by October 31, 2026.

## Timeline

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

## Contact

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

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://theperch.submittable.com/submit