Last year for National Women’s Equality Day, I spent some time compiling a list of feminist lit mags and journals. You can support and celebrate today by reading, submitting to, or donating to some of these important organizations. Submit your feminist writing and/or contribute in any way you […]
Last year for National Women’s Equality Day, I spent some time compiling a list of feminist lit mags and journals. You can support and celebrate today by reading, submitting to, or donating to some of these important organizations. Submit your feminist writing and/or contribute in any way you […]
Yavanika is a new digital chapbook press that “hopes to integrate multifarious genres of literature and artwork including Japanese short-forms of poetry, avant-garde, conceptual, and postmodern works of culture and art.” Chapbooks from the press are published digitally and are available as free downloadable PDFs with beautiful formatting and always gorgeous […]
Rob Carney presents his readers with two poems as examples of writing myths and origin stories, entitled “Sometimes It Isn't the Same Old Story” and “On Mars as It Is in Heaven.” He also reflects on the current political climate and how “Poems have jobs. They use the […]
Kahini Magazine is the literary monthly print magazine for Kahini members: submissions, however, are open to all and accepted year-round. Contributors receive a subscription to the magazine and $100 payment! I wondered how and why this magazine came to be, so I asked Americas Director and Kahini Magazine Editor Jordan Hartt a few […]
I'm always answering the question, "Why poetry?" The question assumes different shapes depending on who's asking. A tinder match will say, "But what are you going to do with that degree?" A relative at my grandmother's funeral will roll her eyes when I tell her I'm retiring from […]
Creating a regular writing practice and making time to write can be challenging. Recently, when talking with a friend about how to switch gears and write creatively after a day job of editing (or frankly, anything that does not require creative head space), I suggested creating a ritual […]
Creating a regular writing practice and making time to write can be challenging. Recently, when talking with a friend about how to switch gears and write creatively after a day job of editing (or frankly, anything that does not require creative head space), I suggested creating a ritual […]
Thanks to John Fox for putting together this amazing list of Best Places to Submit Poetry. He actually went through 7 years worth (2011 – 2017) of the anthology The Best American Poetry to see where the poems had been originally published. The result was a list of 168 literary magazines. […]
Thanks to John Fox for putting together this amazing list of Best Places to Submit Poetry. He actually went through 7 years worth (2011 – 2017) of the anthology The Best American Poetry to see where the poems had been originally published. The result was a list of 168 literary magazines. […]
