Existere is a Journal of Arts and Literature founded in 1978, established and administered by students at York University in Toronto, Canada. The publish biannual issues in fall/winter and spring/summer of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and artwork. They are currently open for their next issue and pay their contributors […]
OyeDrum is “an online magazine dedicated to women and their existence through words, art and sound.” You can read more about the name OyeDrum here. They feature a quarterly themed issue from a selection of curated work, and a weekly section that includes ongoing content including news, editorial […]
Explicit Literary Journal is a new online literary journal “dedicated to showcasing the visual art and writing of non speaking and semi speaking disabled writers and artists.” They are currently open for submissions for their COVID 19 feature series to give voice to the non and semi speaking […]
Prewrite. Draft. Revise. Edit. Publish. These are the five stages of the writing process. Whether or not you intend to publish your work, you want it to be its best expression of your intention. Wait. That was a big assumption. Do you? Do you want your poems, stories, […]
Prewrite. Draft. Revise. Edit. Publish. These are the five stages of the writing process. Whether or not you intend to publish your work, you want it to be its best expression of your intention. Wait. That was a big assumption. Do you? Do you want your poems, stories, […]
Every once in a while a new press with new ideas and amazing projects appears on the literary scene. Platypus Press is one of those. I've been nothing but impressed with their creativity and professionalism. They are an independent press based in England and seek to unearth innovative […]
The End Will Not be Sugared: Contemporary Apocalypse Poetry is a forthcoming anthology of contemporary poetry in the tradition of apocalyptic poems. Edited by Jennifer R. Hancock and Juan J. Morales, they are currently seeking submissions of poems with the theme of “the breakdown of society and its […]
On Loan From the Cosmos is a new “literary magazine celebrating the radical self-acceptance of everything that comprises who we are in our entirety” publishing art, writing, and interviews. Their mission is to “showcase our strength, capabilities and beauty in spite of, alongside, or because of our physical […]
The listings below are literary magazines/journals that specifically focus on the artists and writers in the LGBTQ+ community. There are many other literary magazines that support LGBTQ+ contributors. For a more general list of all-inclusive/feminist lit mags, check out my list here: Feminist Lit Mags and Journals. […]
Years ago while working on my MFA at Drew University, my mentor Ross Gay cautioned me of something he referred to as "poetic gesture." He wanted to warn me of moments when I was trying to make a poem sound like a poem. If you are trying to […]
