Sorting through my mother’s belongings, I uncovered a perplexing life. She was an artist and a connoisseur of the absurd. As a child, I admired her paintings, but tiptoed past the stranger ones. In nightmares, my mother stood in a dark closet behind a portrait of a gnarled […]
Riddled with Arrows is a fairly new online literary journal, publishing quarterly. They are “dedicated to writing about writing. We seek (short) metafiction and metapoems, and writing that celebrates the process and product of writing as art.” Their current submission call is themed: “Objects & Artifacts” and they are […]
The Penn Review was founded in 1966, making it the oldest continuously published literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. “Devoted to the literary and visual arts, we publish original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual artwork, and feature an innovative blend of emerging and established voices in our […]
Underline Poetry – Broadcast & Archive launched on August 15th, 2018, as a poetry-based web-series. The first two episodes are available either on YouTube (we’d love for you to subscribe: http://bit.ly/UnderlineYT) or on the Underline Poetry Co. website (www.UnderlinePoetry.org). Our website also showcases: additional information regarding Underline Poetry […]
After the Art is a new online literary magazine and seeking personal review essays that explore the way reading can enrich the experience of looking at art. They are not looking for other forms of ekphrastic writing, but rather essays based on a work of art and a piece of […]
So to Speak is a feminist literary journal and their blog is currently accepting submissions for their Immigration Series, including: The Feminist Artistic Process (Prose and Poetry writing, Visual Art, Photography); Micro (fiction or nonfiction); Book Review; Personal Essay; Experimental – Bending of Form, blending of genres. I […]
The Forward Arts Foundation in the UK is offering lots of cool free stuff for National Poetry Day. This year’s theme is “Change.” What is National Poetry Day? According to their site: “National Poetry Day is an annual celebration that inspires people throughout the UK to enjoy, discover […]
