Slapering Hol Press, founded in 1990, is one of the oldest chapbook presses in the United States. The covers are letterpress and the bindings are hand-sewn. Slapering Hol Press is known for its close attention to design and for mentoring its poets, who frequently go on to win […]
When it comes to making submissions to magazine and journals, there’s a ton of good advice on the web about how to choose magazines, how many to send to, and how to keep track of your submissions. But there’s another side to this process that doesn’t get written […]
Chill Subs is a new website to help poets and writers find the right home for their work “without wasting too much energy, losing your shit and hating yourself for being unproductive.” You can browse magazines or search with a variety of helpful filters, such as magazine name, […]
Parks & Points publishes personal essays and poetry about national parks and other public lands, along with timely budget travel tips and short guides to select sites. They host an annual fall essay contest and a spring poetry series in conjunction with National Poetry Month. They invite poetry […]
The Q&A Queerzine is a new, biannual online zine founded during the pandemic with a staff lgbtq+ writers and visual artists. They are currently open to no fee submissions of Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Artwork, Hybrid for their next issue. For more information see my interview with Co-Founder Christina […]
I couldn’t be more honored to have two new poems published in the Spring 2022 issue of POETiCA REViEW alongside two other Rock Canyon Poets members, Marianne Hales Harding and Barbara Tyler: “Couples Therapy: Duncan Yo-yo Speaks to its String” and “Scale of Life” by Trish Hopkinson “Ultramarine,” […]
Blanket Sea is a magazine and small press dedicated to showcasing work by chronically ill, mentally ill, and disabled creators. They are currently open for chapbooks (25-40 pages) of poetry or creative nonfiction, which includes essays and short memoir. Hybrid works with both poetry and creative nonfiction will […]
Welcome to the eighth interview in my 12-part poetry submissions interview series for Tell Tell Poetry with Allison Joseph, professor, poet and curator of Creative Writing Opportunities, talks about literary community, how the pandemic affected her writing, and tips for poets and writers. Learn about multiple online communities, Facebook […]
Arkana is an online literary journal of mysteries and marginalized voices, staffed and edited by graduate students in the University of Central Arkansas’s Creative Writing MFA program. They are currently open to no fee submissions of Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Illustrated Narrative, Scriptwriting, Translation, and Artwork for their […]
I can’t even remember the first time my mom mentioned Frida Kahlo to me. It was probably somewhere around middle school age, when I was wildly unsure about myself, my likes, and where I was going to go with my life. Being a chronically ill, anxious young girl […]
