The first time I asked to study blackout poetry, I was an undergrad at Salem College. I'd asked the director of my Creative Writing program to do my honors independent study on it. I remember sitting in her office on the second floor of Main Hall, fiddling with […]
My review of The Truth Is by Avery M. Guess was just published in Diode, a poetry journal and independent press that publishes poetry books and chapbooks. If you’re interested in writing reviews, browse through some the reviews Diode publishes in each monthly issue to get a feel for […]
While the notability of literary powerhouses such as Granta, Edinburgh Review or the London Magazine is undisputed, there are countless lesser known literary platforms that highlight diverse voices in Europe without compromising quality. I don't often see smaller European literary magazines represented in submission calls, so I've assembled […]
Rigorous is an online journal that edited and written by people of color. They are currently open for submissions of “fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, visual art, sound art, audiovisual art and movies, cartoons, and any other artistic creations by people of color” until July 5, 2020. I wondered […]
Tremendous thanks to the fine editors of the Origami Poems Project for publishing my micro-chapbook and to Laura Burke for gorgeous artwork “What comes through” on the cover. You can read the poems or download a printable PDF to fold into a 6-page micro-chapbook for free! They have […]
Tremendous thanks to the fine editors of the Origami Poems Project for publishing my micro-chapbook and to Laura Burke for gorgeous artwork “What comes through” on the cover. You can read the poems or download a printable PDF to fold into a 6-page micro-chapbook for free! They have […]
Wild Nights--Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! This Emily Dickinson quote was the "Hook" that started one of my favorite poetry book reviews, my review of Enter Here by Alexis Rhone Fancher, published in the Blog of the Los Angeles Review of […]
Duende is currently open through June for their themed Ritual Issue. “When the editors decided to read for an issue focused on Ritual, we could scarcely have imagined the extent to which the rituals of our lives would be disrupted, or rearranged, because of the Covid-19 outbreak. We […]
The listings below are literary magazines and journal I found which do not charge submission fees and accept unsolicited submission of book reviews. A few are paying, some are print publications, some require a query before you send a review to make sure it’s not a book for […]
Whale Road Review is an online literary journal that “takes its name from an old kenning. The ocean is the whale road. Whale road. Those words conjure an image of whales moving in patterns through the waters of the world.” They are currently open to poetry and short prose. They […]
