Founded in 1999, by Sundress Publications, Stirring: A Literary Collection is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet. Stirring is a strictly electronic journal that publishes monthly issues on the first of each month. All of there past issues are available online in their Archives. To view their […]
The Indianapolis Review is an online quarterly poetry and art publication They “work to promote artists and writers from our region, but we also showcase work from around the country and the world.” I wondered how and why this poetry journal came to be, so I asked Founder and Editor In Chief […]
The trend these days is to "defy categorization," to blur borders and write poetry in such a way that it becomes "more than" poetry, something so new as to be ground-breaking, unheard of, creating an apparent rift in the use of language. Mary Meriam takes a different tack. […]
The online lit mag Cahoodaloodaling has a feature called Prasanna's Parrot Picks & Prompts - that highlights recently published poems from Sundress Publications and then suggests a related prompt for each one. Really excellent work by their staff member Prasanna Surakanti. This third issue does not disappoint! What I love most about this […]
Electric Literature is a free online resource for all things literature related. They are also a non-profit and a paying writer’s market! “Electric Literature's mission is to expand the influence of literature in popular culture by fostering lively and innovative literary conversations and making exceptional writing accessible to new […]
If you have yet to tune into a SAFTAcast episode, you’re truly missing out! This completely different approach to interviewing poets and writers is nothing but a good time. Host Scott “C” Fynboe interviews guests without really talking about writing. Instead, he has lively conversations about anything and everything […]
If you have yet to tune into a SAFTAcast episode, you’re truly missing out! This completely different approach to interviewing poets and writers is nothing but a good time. Host Scott “C” Fynboe interviews guests without really talking about writing. Instead, he has lively conversations about anything and everything […]
UPDATED 5/2/2017 The article “What Is Considered Previously Published Writing?” on Writer’s Relief does a great job explaining all the nuances of determining if your work should be considered previously published. For example, is the original publisher still online? Is the issue out of print? Do blogs and social […]
Cider Press Review is quarterly online poetry journal, along with an annual 'Best of' print compilation. They also publish the manuscript winners of the annual Cider Press Review Book Award and the Editors’ Prize for first or second book. I wondered how and why this poetry journal came to be, so I asked Managing […]
Every community has its taboos, and the literary world is no different. Dirty words like flowery, pretentious, or derivative get bounced around to describe work, but few accusations strike blows at the hearts of the seriously bookish more so than being called a confessional writer. Telling a new […]
