NO FEE/THEMED submission call + editor interview – OyeDrum, DEADLINE: Feb. 23, 2021

OyeDrum is “an online magazine and intersectional feminist collective. We are a community dedicated to women’s creative and intellectual work.” You can read more about the name OyeDrum here. They feature a quarterly themed issue from a selection of curated work, and a weekly section open to all […]

The Things We Fear – guest post by Elizabeth C. Haynes

Last year for Christmas I asked for An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States. I’m an avid reader and a proud lit. major, but I’ve never asked for a book of poetry in my life. If I could take you back in time, I’d […]

NO FEE/THEMED submission call + editor interview – Tipping the Scales, DEADLINE: Mar. 4, 2021

Tipping the Scales is a new lesbian literary and arts journal by lesbians/for lesbians. They offer print, e-book, and PDF versions of their issues published quarterly. They are currently open for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, photography, and art. Feminist leaning lit mags and journals are some of […]

10 Literary Magazines Featuring Disabled Writers and Artists

Thank you to The University of Arizona Poetry Center for publishing my article on their resourceful site! You can see additional calls for disabled and neurodivergent writers and artists on my site here. “There are many literary magazines and journals that promote and lift underrepresented voices traditionally not […]

NO FEE/THEMED submission call + editor interview – They Call Us, DEADLINE: Feb. 26, 2021

They Call Us is a new online, feminist literary magazine publishing a themed issue every three months. Past themes include They Call Us Flawed and They Call Us Theirs. The current open call for poetry, prose, and artwork is for the theme They Call Us Damsels. “When men […]

Beneath the Skin: Levels of Editing Poems – guest post by Marilyn McCabe

As I brood over my newest batch of poems, and cast a crabby eye on the previous batch, as yet unpublished, it seems to me that editing can be focused on three levels. There’s the level of the text on the page: Are the verbs active and surprising […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Golden Walkman Magazine, DEADLINES: Year-round/15th monthly

Golden Walkman is a literary magazine in the form of a podcast aimed at giving the written word a voice. You can listen and subscribe anywhere you get podcasts (including Apple, Stitcher, and Spotify).  They run several audio series, including Tapes From The Outside (work in response to current events), […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Stone of Madness, DEADLINE: Feb. 15, 2021

Stone of Madness Press is an new online literary and conceptual space for queer, trans, and neurodiverse writers accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms between the 1st and 15th of every month. They offer a 24-hour turnaround time on submissions for a $5 donation, but have […]

Turning Why Bother? Into Why Not Me? – Defeating Impostor Syndrome – guest post by Donna Vorreyer

Imagine that you are an athlete, and you’ve been preparing to try out for a soccer team. You’ve worked on your fitness, your directional changes, your speed, your dribbling, your passing, your penalty shots for weeks, for months, and you have a strong desire to be on the […]

How to Get Paid for Poetry, with Orna Ross and Trish Hopkinson — Poetry Podcast

I couldn’t be more delighted to be appearing on the Ask ALLi Advice Podcast for Self-Publishing Poetry! Orna Ross is a lovely host and human being, working hard to help poets and writers alike on their self-publishing journey. In this podcast we cover both traditional lit mag submissions […]

Trish Hopkinson