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Applause is an annual, full-online journal with a strong web platform that allows us to offer an immersive reading experience as we showcase in each issue the writing that moves us most during our reading period from undergraduate writers across the country and world.

You are about to enter the Unnatural State!

Eerie black-and-white image with a haunting figure by a forest lake, titled 'Unnatural State.' Ideal for horror, mystery, or psychological thriller content.

Coming this April, Applause Issue 35 is exploring unnatural states. While our pristine lakes and rivers and our majestic, rolling mountains may have earned Arkansas the name “The Natural State,” this year, Applause will be charting a different terrain: unnatural relationships with the natural world, personal relationships with the unnatural, unnatural relationships with ourselves and with others, and all those spaces between.

Issue 35, dropping this April 2025!

Important Notice

Applause is not an official publication of the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, and its content does not represent the positions, policies, or views of UAFS or its officers. Items included in Applause are the creative works of independent authors and may contain mature content. Reader discretion is advised.