6 Questions for CRWROPPS (Creative Writers Opportunities List) founder Allison Joseph

If you are a poet or writer and haven’t yet joined the CRWROPPS list-serve, you could be missing out on great creative writing opportunities! I’ve been impressed and fascinated with this long running, no-cost resource for poets and writers, so I asked founder Allison Joseph six questions to […]

Do you, or do you want to, submit your writing to literary journals? – guest blog post by Ellie O'Leary

Here are some of the lessons I've learned and decisions I've made in the area of literary submissions. Some of these I consider hard and fast rules, others are more like guidelines, and finally some are my preferences representing decisions I've made about how to conduct my own […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Salt Hill Journal, DEADLINE: March 31, 2019

Salt Hill Journal is a biannual literary journal available in print and by subscription. They publish new fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art by people at various stages in their literary and artistic careers–both new and emerging writers alongside those with illustrious careers in the literary arts. Previous contributors […]

NO FEE Submission call for Kissing Poems + editor interview – Terrapin Books, DEADLINE: Mar. 20, 2019

Terrapin Books is a small press specializing in poetry books owned and operated by Diane Lockward, author of The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop and other poetry craft books. They are currently open to poems for an upcoming anthology of poems about kissing. “Send us your poems […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Gyroscope Review, DEADLINE: Mar. 15, 2019

Gyroscope Review is a print and online poetry magazine published quarterly. You can read their current issue as well as past issue on their site or order them in print. They welcome both new and established poets. They also currently have a list of poetry resources up on […]

NO FEE Submission call + interview – Matador Review, DEADLINE: Feb. 28, 2019

Matador Review is an online literature and art quarterly based in Los Angeles and Chicago. “We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. Founded in January 2016, our purpose is to promote ‘alternative work’ from both art and literature, and to encourage respect for online publications. In each issue, […]

Health, Healing and Peace through Narrative Poetry – guest blog post by Kimberly Burnham, PhD

Kimberly Burnham’s most recent book, Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program is on free download on February 14-15, 2019 at http://www.NerveWhisperer.Solutions. “Healing is a matter of time, but it is also a matter of opportunity.” -- Hippocrates, 460 BC-370 BC. Poetry can […]

NO FEE Submission call for visual found poetry – Human/Kind Journal, DEADLINE: Feb 17, 2019

Human/Kind Journal is a new monthly online literary journal “of Japanese short-forms and art 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 and embrace […]

My poem "Three Miracles" in The Penn Review! + no fee call & editor interview, DEADLINE: Feb. 24, 2019

I’m honored and so pleased to have my poem “Three Miracles” published in the winter issue of The Penn Review. This poem is the third to be published from a series of personal poems about healing and recovery. In 2015, my son (21 at the time) was in a […]

My poem “Three Miracles” in The Penn Review! + no fee call & editor interview, DEADLINE: Feb. 24, 2019

I’m honored and so pleased to have my poem “Three Miracles” published in the winter issue of The Penn Review. This poem is the third to be published from a series of personal poems about healing and recovery. In 2015, my son (21 at the time) was in a […]