Better Than Starbucks is “Not your ordinary poetry magazine” and is published in print and electronically. They host regular features categorized by form and genre available on their web site and content is always available to read online for free. They pay $20 for monthly features via paypal […]
It was such a pleasure to meet Risa Denenberg in person for the first time earlier this year at AWP in Portland. She does so much incredible work for the literary community and truly is just a delightful and kind person. I couldn’t be more honored that she […]
Former People is an international online literary and art journal publishing continuously throughout the year. They are open for submissions of poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction, interviews, reviews, multimedia, and artwork. I wanted to know more about how and why this journal began, so I asked co-founder and Managing […]
Unlikely Stories Marx V is the new incarnation of the electronic magazine, Unlikely Stories, which has been published online since 1998. They publish poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, including firsthand accounts of sociopolitical activism. As well as galleries of visual art, music, spoken word, other forms of aural art, and audiovisual presentations. I was curious […]
Pretty Owl Poetry, a Pittsburgh-based online literary arts journal, is introducing a new prompt series: POPcraft: Tarot for Poets. Every other week a new writing prompt will be featured on the website (www.prettyowlpoetry.com) and will focus on a Tarot spread readers can use for writing inspiration. A play […]
PROTOCOLS is an online cultural journal that seeks to amplify the voices of Jewish writers and artists marginalized and excluded for their identities and/or ideas. They welcome submissions of all forms of writing and art for future issues. You can read all of their issues online here. I […]
River Styx is a well-established, bi-annual literary magazine in its 44th year of publication. They’ve published some poets and writers you’ve likely heard of, such as Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lucille Clifton and more. While they do require a small submission fee for online submissions, no […]
The Sunflower Collective “is a blog that celebrates dilettantism in Poetry and aims at showcasing poets who have not necessarily been trained formally. We publish and reprint works of both published and unpublished poets we like. We dig the Beats and Hungryalist schools of poetry and believe in John Coltrane’s introspective […]
The Deaf Poet Society is a new online literary magazine featuring writers and artists with disabilities. They are currently seeking submissions of poetry, prose, cross-genre work, book reviews, and artwork for publication. They publish an online issue four times a year: January, April, July, and October. You can read or […]
I’m pleased to announce my last publication of this year— my poems “carambola” and “Ascent” were published on Isacoustic! Carambola is also known as star fruit, a beautiful yellow and the inspiration for the first poem. “Ascent” reflects on the negative aspects of heritage or ancestry and how […]
