General Information

Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine publishes original contributions of literary and artistic merit that relate to the theory and practice of narrative medicine. Please see specific guidelines on different categories. Intellectual property rights are retained by the author but accepted work will be copyrighted by Intima and may be reprinted in part or whole at the discretion of the Editors in future publications either online or in print. While the copyright remains with the author or artist, we ask that individuals notify us when an accepted work will be published elsewhere and include the note "First published in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. www.theintima.org.

We do not welcome simultaneous submissions, previously published work or work published on a personal blog. Patient Privacy NoticeIntima adheres to legal and ethical guidelines in accordance with academic and health community publication standards.  As clinicians, patients, and family members, we feel strongly that patient privacy and confidentiality should be maintained at all times.  We simultaneously recognize that narrative power depends on intimate, singular encounters and the sharing of personal accounts in a respectful and safe environment. To maintain these standards, contributors should review the confidentiality guidelines in the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), with particular attention to the 18 commonly accepted "unique identifiers." We also encourage contributors to seek permission before submitting patient stories, and to fictionalize or change identifiable information whenever possible and appropriate to maintain patient confidentiality and privacy.  Please contact theintima@gmail.com with any further questions or concerns.

AI USE

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is not compatible with a literary journal celebrating creativity. All submitted prose, poetry, and artwork must be:

1. Written and/or created by the person taking responsibility for the work.

2. Confirmed by the submitter to be free of content that was created, drafted, rewritten, expanded, condensed, translated, or revised using generative AI in any form. The use of “intelligent rewrite,” “rephrase,” “improve my writing,” or similar generative features is prohibited. Ordinary digital writing tools (basic spelling and grammar checks, dictionaries, thesauruses, and tools that offer individual synonym choices) are permitted, although such tools must not generate or rewrite sentences or passages.

By submitting, authors and artists affirm that their work complies with this policy. Submissions suspected of using generative AI will be rejected or, if published, removed from the journal’s website and the author disqualified from further submissions.

How to SubmitAny quotations or citations should follow MLA style formatting. Manuscripts and media should be submitted online via Submittable. The comments section of the submission form should contain your name, contact information, word count, and any contextual information you'd like us to know or that you'd like published alongside the piece. The manuscript itself should not include the author's name or other identifying information.Please submit as a Microsoft Word (.docx or .doc) file; media should be submitted in JPEG, PNG, or MP3 format. We accept work that adheres to a genre-specific word count and page limits as specified in our guidelines, as well as artwork and multimedia. No more than two (2) submissions per genre per review period will be considered, except in the Poetry category where up to three (3) submissions are allowed.  More detailed submission guidelines can be found below.

NOTE: In order to cover  our website and Submittable costs, a $7.50 per submission fee will be  charged for each work submitted. All money earned will go to the monthly  fee to keep our website up and running and to our submission platform,  Submittable, that allows us to efficiently read, comment, connect and  respond to the writers, academics, artists and multimedia artists who  submit and contribute work. We appreciate your support and interest in  our journal.If you have any additional questions, please email theintima@gmail.com