Cover Stories: Judging a Book by Its Cover – guest post by Elaine Sexton

  All books have a cover story. What’s yours? Let me start this guest blog post with a confession: I am someone who does judge a book by its cover. Not all books, but with books of poetry, I certainly do. I believe what happens on the cover […]

NO FEE submission call & interview – Mom Egg Review, DEADLINE: April 22, 2022

Mom Egg Review is currently open for submissions for both their print issue and online feature MER VOX; and early birds can submit for free during this first week or until they hit their Submittable limit. They are currently open for submissions of literary work on motherhood and they publish […]

Poet Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor interviewed by Zoë Fay-Stindt

Zoë Fay-Stindt: I just wanted to start by saying that Already Knew You Were Coming is such a gift. It makes so much space in such a small book—space for different selves and different identities to take up more room. I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you. Thank […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – (Re) An Ideas Journal, DEADLINE: May 7, 2022

(Re) An Ideas Journal is a new literary journal featuring the work of artists, creators, and thinkers in various categories, published online quarterly. They are currently open for submissions of poetry for their upcoming Spring issue.  For more information see my interview with founder Felice Neals and a […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Mithila Review, DEADLINE: May 20, 2022

Mithila Review is the leading journal of international science fiction and fantasy. Since its inaugural issue for March 2016, Mithila Review has published excellent fiction, poetry, non-fiction or interviews from several award-winning and emerging authors. They are currently open for submissions of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry for their upcoming […]

April is National Poetry Month! #NaPoMo–Prompts galore & other ways you can participate . . .

April 2022 marks the 26th annual celebration of poets and poetry and it’s not too late to make a plan for poetry month! Whether you want to sign up to write a poem a day or unofficially just plan to crank out some poetry in April, there are […]

My interview w/ Cathleen O’Connor – IWWG Board Chair via Tell Tell Poetry

Welcome to the ninth interview in my 12-part poetry submissions interview series for Tell Tell Poetry with Cathleen O’Connor, Board Chair for the International Women’s Writing Guild talks with me about the guild’s mission, wide variety of programming, free virtual events, and upcoming in-person events. Learn how you […]

Improvisatory Poetry: Making it up as you go along – guest post by Elisabeth Blair

This article was excerpted and adapted from a 3-part series on writing from the liminal mind, published through the author’s monthly poetry craft newsletter, lullabies & alarms. In 2017 I launched a collaborative performance practice called the Improv Poetry Orchestra (IPO). It’s a simple enough set-up – a […]

National Poetry Month Reading & Open Mic featuring Maggie Smith – April 7 @ 7pm ET

The International Women’s Writing Guild‘s spring programming for Poetry Palooza concludes with a National Poetry Month special event Thursday, April 7 at 7pm eastern! I’m excited to be hosting this event and to introduce the incomparable Maggie Smith, followed by a Q&A and open mic. This is a […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Buffalo (x 8), DEADLINE: May 1, 2022

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a “grammatically correct sentence & literary journal.” They are currently open to no fee submissions previously unpublished poems. You can see the types of poems they publish by browsing their website, including a poem featuring Nic Cage and a […]

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