CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

HEX is currently accepting submissions to our printed publication in the form of:

- Essays - ranging from the academic or philosophical to the practical
- Recurring columns
- Myths, stories, poetry, or personal experience that inspires or educates
- Recipes - food or drink or other
- Visual Art - original (non-ai) artwork for every cover and throughout
- Interviews - with anyone doing work in these fields of interest

Each new issue will have a theme. The theme for Issue #12 (#1 of the reboot which has a launch date of autumn equinox 2026) is Shapeshifting - accepting submissions with that theme in mind and open to interpretation. Thinking outside the box is welcome. Deadline for issue #12 submissions is to be decided. Publication will happen when the issue is complete.

Theme for Issue #13 is Death, Undeath, and the Underworld. Deadline for issue #13 is to be decided. Publication will happen when the issue is complete.

Theme for Issue #14 is Divination and Augury. Deadline for issue #14 is to be decided. Publication will happen when the issue is complete.

We are additionally interested in hearing about a global perspective on:
Seasonally relevant info
Cultural Traditions / Indigenous Knowledge
Traditional Costumes / Celebrations
Polytheism / Animism / Pantheism
Magic Traditions / Shamanism
Folklore / Myth
Ancestral Foods & Traditional Craft
Nature / Earth Stewardship / Home Steading
Parenting / Family / Community
Personal experience blending tradition with modern life
Spiritual Travel / Sacred Sites

Send all submissions to: submissions@hexmagazine.com

HEX MISSION STATEMENT

Hex Magazine is a collective expression of the wonder and mystery of life and our place within it. We gather voices, visions, and stories that re-enchant the world. In our pages you’ll find articles, essays, art, and poetry that explore the threads that bind us—not only to each other—but also to nature, our myths and folkways, and the unseen forces that share our world.

Hex celebrates animism, polytheism, folklore, indigenous knowledge, and living traditions of magic around the world, offering a space for diverse cultural perspectives and ancestral wisdom to be shared. We believe that by listening to and sharing these stories, we remember what has always been true—that humans are not apart from the world, we are woven into its living fabric.

We believe that we can only really thrive when we uncover the precious spark of what makes us truly human—buried beneath the weight of modernity and civilization. This spark connects us to the chthonic forces of the earth, the mystery of being alive, and to the ancient currents of story, song, and ritual that have always sustained us.

Our aim is to cultivate community, excite imagination, and restore a sense of wonder. Each issue invites readers to explore the voices of the natural world, the myths that feed our cultural heritage, the stories that connect us, the rituals of everyday life, and the numinous forces that weave us all together.

Hex is not just a magazine; it is a collective offering, a place where creators and seekers can gather to celebrate beauty, mystery, and the sacred web of life.

Our Values

• Story as Resistance
  Sharing our experiences and cultural traditions is inherently detrimental to fascism, authoritarianism, and tyranny. Such exchange fosters empathy, dismantles fear, and connects us across cultural differences.
• Spiritual Diversity
  We are grounded in polytheism rather than religious absolutism, pantheism rather than materialism, and animism rather than mechanistic reductionism.
• Human Connection over Politics
  We avoid reductive political statements, choosing to focus instead on what unites us and creating a space where rigid thinking and binary divisions can soften organically.
• Respect and Inclusivity
  We believe that authentic spirituality and hateful politics are mutually exclusive; to embrace the former one must abandon the latter. Our community values individuals of all races, cultures, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and other identities.
• The Web of Wyrd
  We honor the sacred interconnection of all beings, places, and things, recognizing that every thread contributes to the strength and beauty of the weave, and every thought, word, and action affects the pattern of the whole.