NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Buddhist Poetry Review, DEADLINE: Mar. 25, 2020

Buddhist Poetry Review is “a quarterly online journal dedicated to publishing fresh and insightful Buddhist poetry. [Their] vision encompasses the full spectrum of Buddhism, and we welcome submissions from authors who write from any perspective.” I was curious how and why this poetry review began, so I asked […]

How I Stopped Singing those Rejection Slip Blues – guest blog post by Sister Lou Ella Hickman

"I wish those editors would hurry up. This is the third day this week I haven't received a rejection email." Then there are days I mentally stamp my foot when I check my sent list and discover how much longer an editor has kept my submission than the […]

The End Will Not be Sugared – AWP Offsite Reading, Sat. 3/7, 7 – 9pm @ The Cherrity Bar

I couldn’t be more honored to be reading with this incredible lineup of poets for the The End Will Not be Sugared: Contemporary Apocalypse Poetry in San Antonio during AWP at The Cherrity Bar. Special thanks to Jennifer Hancock and Juan Morales for coordinating the event in conjunction […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Necro Magazine, DEADLINE: Mar. 15, 2020

Necro Magazine is a new online literary magazine, with an unusual start spun off from Necro Productions, publishing literature, visual art and video art. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked founder Ruben Baca a few questions to find out. […]

My poem “Resurrection Party” published + submissions open!

I’m so excited to have another poem published by one of favorites–Voicemail Poems! My poem “Resurrection Party” is included in their Winter 2020 issue, along with some really great recordings by several other poets, including Ariel Francisco, Usman Hameedi, Sarah Matthes, and more. "Resurrection Party" is a poem […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Sonic Boom, DEADLINE: March 1, 2020

Sonic Boom is a literary & arts journal seeking experimental poetry, Japenese short forms, a variety of prose forms, and visual art submissions tri-annually. The issues come in free downloadable PDFs with beautiful formatting and always gorgeous art. It’s always amazing to have a found poem accepted for […]

Emerging Form – a podcast on the creative process, Interview with host Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Emerging Form is a new podcast hosted by science writer Christie Aschwanden and poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Each podcast is about 30 minutes and include topics such as emotionally difficult topics, collaboration, and creative habits with a variety of guests, such as Thea Deley, Luis Lopez, and Andrea Jones. The last […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Thimble, DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2020

Thimble is a new online literary magazine, featuring art, poetry, and short prose. They publish issues quarterly. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked Editor-in-Chief Nadia Wolnisty a few questions to find out. See my interview with Wolnisty and a link […]

How Is This Poem Like'a Beer? a Dog? a Spirit? – guest blog post by Marj Hahne

Here's a small heartbreak of mine: too many people, at least in America, are turned off by poetry. We practicing poets are sadly aware that, when we step up to a mic, when we publish our poems in magazines, anthologies, or self-authored books, our audience comprises mostly other […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Pretty Owl Poetry, DEADLINE: Always Open/Spring Issue, Feb. 28, 2020

Pretty Owl Poetry “is a journal that publishes new, emerging, and established writers in poetry, flash fiction, and the visual arts.” The issues are published in PDF format and are free to read online. Not only did Pretty Owl publish my poem "And Finished knowing - then -" […]

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