This is a really cool prompt and submission opportunity from the folks at Golden Walkman Magazine for a project they are calling “Dialogue Submissions.” Every few months, they will publish a Dialogue Starter Issue with poetry and prose inspired by an original, contributor-provided piece of instrumental music. “Writers will have (1) […]
Peculiar is fairly new LGBTQ+ print and online art and literary journal. They just recently opened to national submissions. I was curious how and why this art and literary journal began, so I asked Co-Editors Jack Garcia and Aaron Gates a few questions to find out. See my […]
When I first learned about erasure poetry, I was enamored with the form. The idea that a poem could be hidden inside any text was intoxicating--a challenge I insist on pushing to the limit. There are so many variables: your source text, your mood, whether you're working by […]
Whale Road Review is an online literary journal that “takes its name from an old kenning. The ocean is the whale road. Whale road. Those words conjure an image of whales moving in patterns through the waters of the world.” I wondered how and why this journal came to be, […]
Sad Girl Review is a new online contemporary art and literary magazine. They will be publishing quarterly and their inaugural issue is forthcoming on July 1. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked Editor Amber Morrison a few questions to find […]
As a lover and reader of poetry, and as a poet and editor, I'm always thinking about how to connect poems (my favorites, my own, poets I publish) with readers. This is no easy task; it's not as if poems sell by their own weight in worthiness. It […]
Riddled with Arrows is a fairly new online literary journal, publishing quarterly. They are “dedicated to writing about writing. We seek (short) metafiction and metapoems, and writing that celebrates the process and product of writing as art.” I was curious how and why this literary journal began, so […]
I’ve been posting almost daily since the Fall of 2014 and it’s time for a short break from blogging. I’ll be back before you know it! Around the end of May or beginning of June. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of great stuff to keep you busy while I’m […]
Matador Review is a fabulously designed online literature and art quarterly based in Chicago, Illinois. They publish poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art and are currently open for submissions of all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations that are accompanied by the original text) as well as many […]
An interview with Program Director & Founder, Tyler Tsay, on what The Speakeasy Project brings to the writing world. What is The Speakeasy Project? The Speakeasy Project is an online workshop space for students of all ages. By offering workshops entirely online, we hope to bring the space […]
