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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As I brood over my newest batch of poems, and cast a crabby eye on the previous batch, as yet unpublished, it seems to me that editing can be focused on three levels.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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
