Do you play video games? Do you write? Can you write in the games you play? A book and quill. A chat window. A pixel canvas. Lines of text that scroll away before anyone reads them.
Chat Log is a literary magazine for the writing that happens inside these digital spaces. We want work that lives in the margins of gaming. The code that developers never intended for the literary. Poems. Flash fiction. Something in between. Captured in images inside video games.
We're not interested in writing about games. We're interested in what happens when writers use them for their craft.
- Minecraft book and quill entries, one page
- RuneScape, World of Warcraft, or MMO chat
- Rust paintings with text. Anything painted in a game engine.
- Dialogue caught in a creative way
- Games we've never heard of. Platforms we didn't anticipate. Surprise us.
- Writers who play. Gamers who write. People who didn't know they were either until the game gave them a text box.
Chat Log acquires First North American Serial Rights. All rights revert to the contributor upon publication.
We do not publish AI-generated content. We do not charge reading fees. We do not pay contributors at this time — publication is accompanied by promotion on our social channels.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Reprints are accepted provided the work has been re-created inside a video game in the medium we require.
Chat Log is an independent publication. It is not affiliated with any game studio, platform, or publisher. All game environments referenced belong to their respective rights holders.