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 […]
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poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art and are currently open for submissions of all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations that are accompanied by the original text) as well as many […]
Women Speak is a new project of artist Nancy Smith, in which she is “inviting women writers to create poetry or prose based on select paintings I've created to further explore the feminine experience.” I wondered how and why this project came to be, so I asked Smith and […]
Pretty Owl Poetry “is a journal that publishes new, emerging, and established writers in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts.” The issues are published in PDF format and are free to read online. Not only did Pretty Owl publish my poem "And Finished knowing - then -" in […]
Cider Press Review is quarterly online poetry journal originally founded in 1999. They also publish the manuscript winners of the annual Cider Press Review Book Award and the Editors’ Prize for first or second book. I wondered how and why this poetry journal came to be, so I asked Managing Editor Ruth Foley a few […]
Petrichor is an online literary magazine with the tagline “an archive of text & image.” They are currently open for submissions of poetry, including visual/hybrid work through the summer or until the issue is full. I wondered how and why this lit mag came to be, so I […]
The 3288 Review is a print, biannual literary journal focused on discovering and showcasing artistic talent from writers and artists, poets and photographers who are from, or have some connection to, West Michigan. The journal is a project of Caffeinated Press. They have an informative F.A.Q. page and detailed submissions page that […]
Pidgeonholes is an online literary magazine with the tagline “weird birds. weird words.” They are currently seeking “to publish work with the grit of heavy-duty sandpaper: words that will tear and scar. / Send us your literary, speculative, experimental, or absurdly unclassifiable, just make it bold and beautiful.” I wondered […]
NonBinary Review is the literary journal of Zoetic Press. They publish four themed issues every year. From their About page: “We take existing works of fiction in the public domain, and invite authors to re-invent those works. From Grimm's fairy tales to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, we […]
I’m so excited to announce the next Lithic Press poetry chapbook contest! Lithic Press creates beautiful, high quality books (I happen to know because they selected my chapbook Footnote when they ran their last contest in 2016). They are wonderful folks to work with and I had an amazing […]
