2020 Literary Magazine Rankings by Clifford Garstang + submission tips

If you’re not already familiar with Clifford Garstang‘s annual literary magazine rankings or you’ve forgotten to check them out for a while, here’s a reminder to how handy they are! Every year Garstang ranks lit mags based on Pushcart Prize anthology. He creates rankings for the three main […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Explicit Literary Journal, DEADLINE: Feb. 7, 2020

Explicit Literary Journal is a new online literary journal “dedicated to showcasing the visual art and writing of non speaking and semi speaking disabled writers and artists.” I wanted to know more about this new journal, so I asked founder Jasper Rubin Hardin some questions to find out. […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call – Human/Kind Journal + editor interview, DEADLINE: Jan 21, 2020

Human/Kind Journal is a new quarterly online literary journal of “poetry, prose, art, and hybrids that examines and reflects on the human experience, social structures, injustices, culture, current events, and history. In a world fraught with division, we’ve created this space to focus on our commonalities as humans […]

Happy New Year and Thank You! - My submission & blog stats, 132K+ visitors in 2019!

Happy New Year and big thanks to such an incredible online community of poets, writers, and supporters! I started actively posting and promoting this poetry blog in October 2014, and have seen a constant increase in traffic, likes, and followers. I've met some amazing and talented people along […]

A Poem Is Not a Podium: Writing the Political – guest blog post by Marj Hahne

Political poetry. Protest poetry. Resistance poetry. Civic poetry. Poetry of witness. These terms, while somewhat distinct, all reflect a poet's impulse to express a political self, to be, by extension, a "political poet," a "protest (or resistance or civic) poet," a "poet of witness." But is it possible--or […]

The Poetry Prompt Project, lessons and prompts by Joey Gould

I really love what poet Joey Gould is up to on their web site. Gould started sharing these incredible poetry lessons with writing prompts a few weeks ago, “I'm going to post a poetry prompt every week, so please follow along! Each one will show examples of published […]

NO FEE submission call + editors interview – SAND (Int'l journal), DEADLINE: Jan. 5, 2020

SAND is a nonprofit literary journal based in Berlin and published twice a year by a team from the city's international community. Featuring work by writers, translators, and artists from around the world, SAND seeks out fresh and underrepresented perspectives.. I was curious how and why this art […]

NO FEE submission call + editors interview – SAND (Int’l journal), DEADLINE: Jan. 5, 2020

SAND is a nonprofit literary journal based in Berlin and published twice a year by a team from the city's international community. Featuring work by writers, translators, and artists from around the world, SAND seeks out fresh and underrepresented perspectives.. I was curious how and why this art […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Belmont Story Review, DEADLINE: Feb. 1, 2020

Belmont Story Review is an online and print national magazine of literary arts, faith and culture. They publish issues annually. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked Co-Managing Editor Lauren Ash a few questions to find out. See my interview […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Red Coyote, DEADLINE: Jan. 15, 2020

Red Coyote is the annual literary print journal of Vermillion Literary Project. It is a student-produced journal that has been published annually for over 30 years by the University of South Dakota. I was curious how and why this literary journal began, so I asked Editor-in-Chief Carson Sehr […]