Where to Submit in Dec 2018 – Feb 2019 by Entropy–filtered for poetry & no fee!

Entropy is a “website featuring literary & non-literary content. A website that seeks to engage with the literary community, that becomes its own community, and creates a space for literary & non-literary ideas.” They recently posted an article on where to submit December through February. Click here to read the […]

125 of the Best Poetry Writing Prompts for Poets via Writer’s Relief

This list of 125 writing prompts for poetry is a great place to start if you need ideas to help generate new poems. The list is divided into categories: Momentous Occasions Everyday Moments First Times Nature and Space Food Inspirations Meeting the Unexpected Mysterious Places Poetry Exercises The […]

2018 Holiday Chapbook Gift Guide via Hyacinth Girl Press

This list from Hyacinth Girl Press is a great place to start if you’re looking for chapbooks to send to friends/family as holiday gifts or as a better greeting card! Cards are often overpriced and quickly discarded. Why not send a book of poetry instead! I’m thrilled that […]

Bring Back the Salon – guest blog post by Sonja Johanson

A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or […]

NO FEE Submission call + interview – Empty Mirror, DEADLINE: Always open

Empty Mirror is an online literary and arts magazine established in 2000 that publishes poetry, essays on literary or art-related topics, criticism, personal essays, articles, features, book reviews, interviews, and art. While their interests are broad, they also have special interests in the Beat Generation and Surrealism. I wondered how […]

Resurrection Party / an interview with poet Trish Hopkinson

Big thanks to Bekah and Shannon Steimel for this lovely interview and feature of my poem “Resurrection Party” which was originally published on Tinderbox. Read below to see what other local poetry projects I’m up to and make sure to check out all the poet interviews on Bekah’s […]

“Past Imperfect” an essay on writing life – guest blog post by Jillian M. Phillips

When I got a "real world" job after years of intermittently waitressing and staying at home, I stopped writing. Not because I wanted to. I found myself so drained of inspiration that I simply couldn't put pen to paper. Instead, I spent my days rushing to get my […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Outlook Springs, DEADLINE: Jan. 15, 2019

Outlook Springs is a fairly new bi-annual, print and online literary journal “transmitted from the town of Outlook Springs, New Hampshire, which may or may not exist in one or more alternate dimensions.” They don’t charge submission fees and they pay their contributors, $25 fiction/non-fiction and $10 per poem + a contributor […]

10 PAYING/NO FEE Literary Magazines - Deadlines: Dec. 15 - Jan. 15, 2019

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines from December 15, 2018 – January 15, 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The […]

Book Review: Footnote, by Trish Hopkinson – by Deborah Hauser via Stirring (always open for submissions!)

I’m so grateful of the reading and work that went into this in depth and thoughtful review of my chapbook Footnote by Deborah Hauser published by Stirring, one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet. And they are always open for submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. A […]

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