Awakened Voices is an online literary magazine published by the Awakenings Foundation and “is a safe space for any individual who wants to share thoughts or experiences regarding sexual violence.” I wondered how and why this magazine came to be, so I asked Awakened Voices founder and editor Jean Cozier a few […]
Below is a list of 101+ no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I wasn't able […]
Below is a list of 101+ no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I wasn't able […]
1– I am at a party, sitting in the middle of someone's bedroom floor, holding a plastic cup and crying, because being a writer is a lovely, terrible thing, and I cannot articulate, to myself or anyone else, why I want so badly for my stories to be […]
Rob Carney presents his readers with a poem entitled “Poetic Justice” to reflect on the recent political environment in his November blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. This blog post includes an audio recording of Carney performing this politics-meets-history-meets-geography-meets-myth poem. I’ve always been intrigued […]
Big thanks to Melissa Crockett Meske for publishing my lyrical essay "Why I Write" on her blog back in May. Premier Provo Poet Trish Hopkinson, co-founder of Rock Canyon Poets, has stopped by for a visit. For those of you who know Trish, you won't want to miss […]
Big thanks to Melissa Crockett Meske for publishing my lyrical essay "Why I Write" on her blog back in May. Premier Provo Poet Trish Hopkinson, co-founder of Rock Canyon Poets, has stopped by for a visit. For those of you who know Trish, you won't want to miss […]
Noble Gas Qtrly is an online literary journal that “accepts original, unpublished works of literature and visual art that explore artifice and discovery--and any interstice that might divide those two--revel in juxtapositions of the high- and lowbrow, and is conscious of its place, its time, and its place in […]
Noble Gas Qtrly is an online literary journal that “accepts original, unpublished works of literature and visual art that explore artifice and discovery--and any interstice that might divide those two--revel in juxtapositions of the high- and lowbrow, and is conscious of its place, its time, and its place in […]
Oft when on my vacant couch I lie (to borrow from Wordsworth) I visualize three diverse voices chart thoughts about my favorite art form. In his verse dedicated to the exemplary W.B. Yeats, a mercurial, nuanced position was taken by W.H. Auden, "Poetry makes nothing happen". I hear […]
