Month: May 2020

Forty Years are a Minute – guest blog post by Mary Anna Kruch

Among the many calls these days for how the pandemic has affected our writing, has any publication asked about what the pandemic adds to a month of birthdays, estrangement, and miscarriage? Forty-two years are a minute and a lifetime. I could write about how the protesters at the […]

NO FEE submission call & interview – Empty Mirror LGBTQ+ Pride Issue, DEADLINE: June 12, 2020

Empty Mirror is an online literary and arts magazine established in 2000 that publishes poetry, essays on literary or art-related topics, criticism, personal essays, articles, features, book reviews, interviews, and art. They are currently open for submissions for a special LGBTQ+ Pride issue, guest edited by poet Danielle […]

My poem “I want to order room service” published by What Rough Beast–Covid-19 Edition + submission call!

Many thanks to Indolent Books and their poem-a-day series What Rough Beast–Covid-19 Edition for publishing my new prose poem "I want to order room service.” Indolent Books is a small independent press founded in 2015 and  operating in Brooklyn, N.Y. They publish print books and sometimes run online […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call & interview – Moment Poetry, DEADLINE: Always open

Moment Poetry is a new poetry press publishing poems in a unique printed visual format, signed by the author. Their “ultimate goal is to help spread good poetry and support aspiring poets. That is why 25% of the sale price of each sold poem goes directly to its […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call & interview – Moment Poetry, DEADLINE: Always open

Moment Poetry is a new poetry press publishing poems in a unique printed visual format, signed by the author. Their “ultimate goal is to help spread good poetry and support aspiring poets. That is why 25% of the sale price of each sold poem goes directly to its […]

My interview on self-acceptance with Courtney Cook via On Loan From the Cosmos

It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Courtney Cook, creator and editor of On Loan From the Cosmos. The best part is that Courtney creates original illustrations of the interviewee for each interview! I sent her a few photos to work from and I love how […]

The Future Of Poetry – guest blog post by John Kaniecki

I believe strongly in poetry. It has worked before, and it will work again. It is infused in the culture of every civilization. Whether it’s the Bible, the Odyssey, or Shakespeare, poetry has been extremely popular. Today poetry lacks the prestige it once held. There are no Robert […]

FREE eBook – "Submit, Publish, Repeat" (download free for a limited time)

Thanks to Authors Publish for sharing this free eBook! Just click the link below and enter your email address to download the PDF. (I’ve not noticed any additional junkmail since I first signed up.) Most of their eBooks are only free for a limited time, so download them sooner […]

FREE eBook – “Submit, Publish, Repeat” (download free for a limited time)

Thanks to Authors Publish for sharing this free eBook! Just click the link below and enter your email address to download the PDF. (I’ve not noticed any additional junkmail since I first signed up.) Most of their eBooks are only free for a limited time, so download them sooner […]

NO FEE submission call & interview – Pirene’s Fountain, DEADLINE: June 30, 2020

Pirene’s Fountain is a journal of poetry published in print annually by Glass Lyre Press. Glass Lyre is an independent literary press interested in publishing poetry collections, chapbooks, select short & flash fiction, and the occasional anthology. The journal is currently open for submissions of poetry until June […]

Trish Hopkinson