Brain Mill Press is a small, independent publisher of 10-15 titles a year in fiction, memoir, and poetry, with a strong interest in promoting the voices of women, writers of color, and LGBTQIA+ writers. They run an open call for poetry chapbooks on odd years and full-length poetry manuscripts on […]
Parentheses Journal is a new online literary magazine recently founded by Sneha Subramanian Kanta and Harshal Desai. Their vision for the new journal is described as a “collaborative venture in the quest for sharing art, operating on the quintessence of art for art's sake.” I wondered how and why […]
Pøst is a new bi-lingual online journal publishing in both English and French, seeking “new poetic tools to represent contemporary society, which is characterized by globalization (suppression of geographical borders, blending of languages) and plurality (fluidity in any and every form, fragmentation of identities).” I wondered how and […]
I do NOT pay to publish. When I'm approaching a journal for possible submission, I first check the guidelines for a reading fee and whether they expressly prohibit formal verse (more on this shortly). If no fee and no such proscription, I go to the archives for the […]
Bald Woman is a new online zine seeking submissions of poetry, short stories, essays, art, or photos for their first issue, from trans people, non-binary people, people who are genderfluid, people who don't really know how to identify yet, people who are questioning gender, people who are agender, […]
Excellent advice from fellow blogger Daniella Levy on how to evaluate the quality of our own creative work and determine whether or not we’re meeting our personal goals.
I’m both pleased and honored to have such a good home for my poem “Preparation” published online at The Penn Review. They are known for their fast response time, and got back to me on my submission within two days! The Penn Review was founded in 1966, making it the oldest […]
I’m both pleased and honored to have such a good home for my poem “Preparation” published online at The Penn Review. They are known for their fast response time, and got back to me on my submission within two days! The Penn Review was founded in 1966, making it the oldest […]
One Hand Clapping is a new print and online literary magazine that offers great writing for free. “It aims to give a platform to unpublished and lesser-known writers by allowing them to share a space with those who are more established.” You can read their first issue here. For […]
To elide is to drop a consonant in pronunciation. Elision also has a second meaning: the process of joining together or merging things, especially abstract ideas. That definition could as easily apply to sculpture as to poetry. To composing as to screenwriting. It’s no surprise that the […]
