Category: Interviews

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Explicit Literary Journal, DEADLINE: Ongoing

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 […]

The End Will Not Be Sugared anthology, DEADLINE: 6/30

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 […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – On Loan From the Cosmos, DEADLINE: Rolling/always open

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 […]

My poem “Quentin Tarantino Loves The Grateful Dead” in Drunk Monkeys! + no fee call & editor interview

I’m so excited that my poem “Quentin Tarantino Loves The Grateful Dead” was just published in Drunk Monkeys special Pop Culture Issue! Happy to say I’m sharing pages with friends and fellow poets Amorak Huey, Cathleen Allyn Conway, Jen Karetnick, and Sarah Nichols. When I’ve read this poem to […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Lily Poetry Review, DEADLINE: Year-round

Lily Poetry Review is a biannual literary journal available in print. They publish flash fiction, poetry, book reviews, and art. They are currently open for no fee submissions of poetry, flash fiction and art for their print journal. They also publish chapbooks and full length poetry books. To get […]

Chapbook contest ($11 fee) + editor interview – Paper Nautilus, DEADLINE: April 20, 2020

Paper Nautilus is a small press publishing chapbooks each year through two contests: the Vella Chapbook Prize, and the Debut Series Chapbook Prize. There is a reasonable fee for each contest, but if the fee is an economic hardship to an eligible submitter, please contact them, and they […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Taco Bell Quarterly, DEADLINE: Always open

Taco Bell Quarterly is “the literary magazine for the Taco Bell Arts and Letters. We're a reaction against everything. The gatekeepers. The taste-makers. The hipsters. Health food. Artists Who Wear Cute Scarves. Bitch-ass Wendy's. We seek to demystify what it means to literary, artistic, important, and elite.” Please […]

My poem “Things to Tell My Daughter” in Gyroscope! + no fee call & editor interview, DEADLINE: June 7, 2020

Many thanks to Gyroscope Review for publishing my poem “Things to Tell My Daughter” published in their Spring issue. Happy to say I’m sharing pages with friends and fellow poets Tom Montag and Wren Tuatha. Make sure to check out the other poems in this well-rounded issue, downloadable […]

NO FEE Submission call for high school students + editor interview – The WEIGHT Journal, DEADLINE: Rolling/always open

The WEIGHT Journal is a “literary blog for high school students who may similarly find themselves in need of a creative outlet. Everyone has something heavy to get off their chest.” They publish “all sorts of creative writing: poetry, slam poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid, […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Across the Social Distances, DEADLINE: Open year round

Across the Social Distances is a pop-up poetry journal that features “poetry in the time of the virus,” or poems and that respond to the current crises. Previously published poems are okay as long as the poet still has rights. Submissions are accepted and posted on an ongoing […]

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