I’m excited to have such a good online home for my poem “A Man Misplaced” inspired by the story of Everett Ruess. WILDNESS is an online literary journal that seeks to promote contemporary fiction, poetry and non-fiction that evokes the unknown. Founded in 2015, each thoughtfully compiled issue strives […]
I’m excited to have such a good online home for my poem “A Man Misplaced” inspired by the story of Everett Ruess. WILDNESS is an online literary journal that seeks to promote contemporary fiction, poetry and non-fiction that evokes the unknown. Founded in 2015, each thoughtfully compiled issue strives […]
Poets portray time--the past, the future, the passage of time, this moment now, and changes over a lifetime. Moments may be in front of us or behind us. Fictional poems can be set in the future or in a world where altitude or colors influences the passage of […]
The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in October 2017. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]
Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running 2 FREE contests with extended deadlines of October 15, 2017. Both are open to all poets, one contest has no theme and one has the theme of socially engaged. “Wax Poetry […]
Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running 2 FREE contests with extended deadlines of October 15, 2017. Both are open to all poets, one contest has no theme and one has the theme of socially engaged. “Wax Poetry […]
Every Friday night at 10pm EST / 7pm PST tune in online to hear poetry or read your own. This show is in it’s fifith year and you can check out archive shows to see if it’s the poetry forum you’re looking for. (It appears they play music […]
Albany Poetry Workshop’s online classroom provides “five exercises that we hope will inspire, cajole, and tease you into writing new work.” The exercises themes include: The Five Senses Organic Metaphor Organic Simile Personification Integrated Poem If these five exercises aren’t enough, check out their other sessions, including a Seven-Session […]
Winter Tangerine is a literary and arts magazine in print and online. They “aim to disrupt the status quo. To amplify the unheard. To account for the unaccounted. To publish the unconventional, confront the uncomfortable, marvel in the mundane.” They’re also currently accepting submissions for their Lineage of […]
The type of verbs selected for a poem, essay, play, or friendly conversation impacts us--mind and body. The brain processes language--what we hear, read, and write but more and more research indicates that the body also pushes into our ability to recognize and use language. Often verbs generate […]
