Calls for Submissions from The Review Review – July 2016

The Review Review recently updated their list of calls for submissions for their readers. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter to get updates and to follow their reviews of lit mags. Reading reviews of the lit mags you may want to subscribe or submit to is a […]

What are these Utah poets up to?

In January of 2015, my friend and fellow poet Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen and I embarked on a new poetic adventure–one that I am certain will become a staple in the Utah literary community for years to come. We were searching for a creative and academic poetry community, one where poets […]

My poem "Offspring" published in Stirring's special Motherhood issue + they are open for submissions!

I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Offspring” published in the special Motherhood issue of Stirring. 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 […]

My poem “Offspring” published in Stirring’s special Motherhood issue + they are open for submissions!

I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Offspring” published in the special Motherhood issue of Stirring. 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 […]

Answering Blindness: A Poet Makes Amends – guest blog post by Emily K. Michael

Today I am preparing submissions for two local venues -- an online journal and a quarterly print magazine. Each publication asks for a brief cover letter: Introduce yourself and describe your publication history. Introducing myself is easy. I’m Emily, a college writing instructor and local musician. I sing. […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call and interview – Hourglass Literary Magazine, DEADLINE: July 15, 2016

Hourglass Literary Magazine is an annual and bilingual magazine which is being published in print and digital form in English as well as the languages of the BCMS region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro). They also run an annual literary contest for best short story, essay, poem. I wondered […]

My review of Nicole Rollender's 'Louder Than Everything You Love' published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My review of Louder Than Everything You Love by Nicole Rollender just went up on Yellow Chair Review! “Rollender brings us in close, provides visions and imagery so full and real I came to know these women, stood in their kitchens, felt their ghosts drift across my bones. There's both […]

My review of Nicole Rollender’s ‘Louder Than Everything You Love’ published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My review of Louder Than Everything You Love by Nicole Rollender just went up on Yellow Chair Review! “Rollender brings us in close, provides visions and imagery so full and real I came to know these women, stood in their kitchens, felt their ghosts drift across my bones. There's both […]

Where to submit formal verse (rhyming, blank verse, villanelle, sonnet, etc.) – 6 new listings!

UPDATED JULY 7, 2016 Most editors are happy to answer questions regarding submissions. If a lit mag seems like a good fit for your work and it happens to be a specific form, such as rhyming, blank verse, villanelle, sonnet, pantoum, light verse, etc. contact them via email […]

NO FEE Submission call for Luna Luna special issues, DEADLINES: July 11 & Aug. 15, 2016

Luna Luna is an online magazine “divided into two very generalized sections: dark and light. It is not a perfect binary; much of what we explore falls in between. For us, the light is where we talk art and opinion, growth and creativity. The dark may be those things […]

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