NO FEE Submission call, volunteer call, & editor interview–Sugar Rascals (teen lit mag), STAFF DEADLINE: Oct. 20, 2016 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016

Sugar Rascals is an online, international, Canada-based teen literary magazine featuring prose, poetry, and visual art in their bi-annual issues. You can read their inaugural issue here. Teens ages 13 – 19 are encouraged to submit and to apply for their volunteer staff positions. Working on a lit mag is great experience […]

How to Move Beyond Once Upon A Time – guest blog post by Christine Butterworth-McDermott

As much as it relies on transformation as a plot device, the fairy tale as a mode is delightfully transformable. Because it is so malleable, it has been used for centuries as a way to comment on past and present, to give voice to the forbidden or unspoken. […]

12 international lit mags seeking English submissions of poetry, prose, and art #nofees

Why limit yourself to being published in lit mags in the U.S., Canada, or the U.K? There are many countries with English-language lit mags you can also submit your work to. For example, my poem "My Monkey Grammarian" was published in Hong Kong and even included in a […]

My review of Chen Chen's 'Kissing the Sphinx' published by Stirring + they are open for submissions!

My review of Kissing the Sphinx by Chen Chen just went up on Stirring: A Literary Collection published monthly by Sundress Publications. “This short collection evokes tattoos and Tuesdays, cats and camels, Russian novels and postcards, muscular legs and gorgeous men, a body covered in colorful Post-it notes, and yes, kissing the […]

My review of Chen Chen’s ‘Kissing the Sphinx’ published by Stirring + they are open for submissions!

My review of Kissing the Sphinx by Chen Chen just went up on Stirring: A Literary Collection published monthly by Sundress Publications. “This short collection evokes tattoos and Tuesdays, cats and camels, Russian novels and postcards, muscular legs and gorgeous men, a body covered in colorful Post-it notes, and yes, kissing the […]

Where to Submit in Oct & Nov 2016 by Entropy (filtered for no fee only!)-the list of all lists!

Entropy is a “website featuring literary & non-literary content. A website that seeks to engage with the literary community, that becomes its own community, and creates a space for literary & non-literary ideas.” They just posted an article on where to submit in October and November. Click here to read the […]

Where to Submit in Oct & Nov 2016 by Entropy (filtered for no fee only!)-the list of all lists!

Entropy is a “website featuring literary & non-literary content. A website that seeks to engage with the literary community, that becomes its own community, and creates a space for literary & non-literary ideas.” They just posted an article on where to submit in October and November. Click here to read the […]

Got Poet's Block? Check out these writing exercises from Albany Poetry Workshop . . .

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 […]

My found poem "Sonnet Zero" published in Noctua Review IX + FREE Contest $250 prize, DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2016

I am so excited to have my found poem “Sonnet Zero” published the beautiful print and online issues of Noctua Review (I mean, look at that cover art!).  “Noctua Review is the annual art and literary magazine produced by the Southern Connecticut State University MFA program. It was the […]

My found poem “Sonnet Zero” published in Noctua Review IX + FREE Contest $250 prize, DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2016

I am so excited to have my found poem “Sonnet Zero” published the beautiful print and online issues of Noctua Review (I mean, look at that cover art!).  “Noctua Review is the annual art and literary magazine produced by the Southern Connecticut State University MFA program. It was the […]

Trish Hopkinson