The Draft Drawer is for the work you haven’t thrown away, but haven’t quite known where to put yet.

Shared Drafts Project is a publication, but it is also a space for celebrating work in progress: the unfinished, the uncertain, the almost-ready, and the pieces still finding their shape.

Some works may not fit neatly into a themed issue, and not every draft needs to become part of a formal publication to be worth witnessing. The Draft Drawer makes room for those pieces — excerpts, process notes, images, reflections, and creative questions that deserve a place to land.

While Shared Drafts issues primarily focus on writing, The Draft Drawer is about process in many forms.

You can submit a photograph that feels imperfect, a piece of art you’ve been working on for months, a few lines of writing you haven’t finished yet, a notebook page, a sketch, a voice note, or a short video reflecting on your creative process and what you wish others understood about it.

This space is meant to hold the work that is still becoming — the fragments, experiments, questions, attempts, and unfinished pieces that may not fit neatly into a formal issue.

The Draft Drawer exists as a reminder that the process is the point.

Submissions to The Draft Drawer are periodic, which means the form will not always be open. It will reopen during select windows throughout the year, creating seasonal opportunities to share work that is still becoming.

When the submission period is open, you can submit using the button on this page.

Please note that because this is a small seasonal series, not every submission will be featured. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and selected works may be shared on Shared Drafts’ Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, newsletter, or website with credit.