Action, Spectacle is a biannual magazine based in Louisville, KY and Brooklyn. We also open an open call reading period for full-length poetry manuscripts, a chapbook contest, and editor’s prize for a single poem, manuscript consultations, and workshops.

We seek both debut and established writers and thinkers creating intriguing and original work, whether conventional or experimental, and we don’t shy away from the idea of a text that might be “difficult.” We employ the broadest possible aesthetic when considering submissions via Submittable, including translations, hybrid, and collaborative work.