Here’s an exciting no fee poetry chapbook contest! Check out my interview with Michele McDannold, founder/publisher of The Literary Underground—a grassroots collective doing important work to highlight marginalized and outsider voices. If you’re ready to send out a poetry chapbook, their Brian Fugett Memorial Prize is currently open […]
I’m excited to share this interview with Erin Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of Sundress Publications—a press I’ve long admired for its commitment to bold, thoughtful, and necessary work, run by the some of the best folks I know in the poetry community. If you’re looking for a home […]
The Literary Nest is a long-standing online journal devoted to sincere, imaginative work from writers everywhere. Published quarterly and always open for submissions, the journal features poetry and visual art with an emphasis on authenticity, craft, and emotional resonance. They accept poetry of all forms as well as […]
Unwashed is a Bay View–based annual creative writing and art review that’s currently open for submissions through May 31, 2026. They’re looking for creative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and black-and-white art—including photography—and they especially hope to see more experimental work and visual art come in. I had the chance […]
A poem that disappears. A poem you can hold. In this self-interview, writer and artist Josh Medsker opens up about his evolving practice and the intimate, tactile world of his Container Poems—art objects built around a single emotional or thematic thread. As he puts it, each one is […]
Landscape with Womb and Paradox, Erica Goss’s second full-length poetry collection, was published by Broadstone Press in January 2026. My debut, full-length collection of poems, Night Court, took three years and thirty submissions before it found a home at Glass Lyre Press, winning the 2016 Lyrebird prize, with […]
In just a few years, Chill Subs has gone from a beer?sparked idea to one of the most unexpectedly essential tools in the lit?mag world. What began as a scrappy project built in a tiny village in Georgia has grown into a platform tens of thousands of writers […]
Oyster River Pages (ORP) is a literary arts nonprofit committed to publishing work that reflects a wide range of voices and lived experiences. Since 2017, they’ve built a reputation for thoughtful editorial vision, fee-free submissions, and programs like Emerging Voices, which offers feedback and mentorship for newer writers. […]
I’m grateful to share that my poem “Dear Judy” was just published in Solstice Literary Magazine, a long-standing, mission-driven journal dedicated to diverse voices and socially engaged work. Solstice consistently publishes writing that leans into nuance, justice, and the complicated ways we move through the world, and I’m […]
I recently spoke with Brenda Mann Hammack, Managing Editor and Publisher of Glint, a journal that loves variety—lyric, strange, playful, hybrid, and everything in between. What started as a student capstone project at Fayetteville State University has grown into a volunteer-run space that champions bold voices and inventive […]
