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 […]
For most of us invested in poetry--as writers, scholars, teachers, students, and readers--close reading is a fundamental practice. In this blog post, I consider what is involved in and produced by close reading, why we do it, when we do it, and its political effects. Close reading is […]
The Weird Reader is an online art and literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes a new volume annually. Their tagline reads “A literary magazine full of the strange, disturbing, fantastic, and otherworldly.” I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked […]
Second Day I just rewrote the poem I started yesterday, updated the TOC in the new manuscript, and yawned. Am I running out of steam? I have decided to start this record of my one month between-teaching assignments that I have dedicated to writing at home. The flow […]
For the Sonorous is a new “literary journal dedicated to empowering and publishing women and non-binary people of color.” They publish three online issues of poetry, prose, and art each year. Additionally, they are supporting women and non-binary poets and writers by providing a summer writing workshop. Their first […]
For the Sonorous is a new “literary journal dedicated to empowering and publishing women and non-binary people of color.” They publish three online issues of poetry, prose, and art each year. Additionally, they are supporting women and non-binary poets and writers by providing a summer writing workshop. Their first […]
Sonic Boom is a literary & arts journal seeking both solicited and unsolicited experimental poetry, flash fiction, and visual art submissions tri-annually; featuring an annual free contest; plus, a new chapbook press: Yavanika! They “hope to integrate multifarious genres of literature and artwork including Japanese short-forms of poetry, avant-garde, […]
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 […]
