Here are the winners of our twelfth and final 2025 Contest! The dates next to their names will be the day their work will be posted to our website. 20: Ken Gosse 21: Ken Gosse 22: Douglas J. Lanzo 23: Douglas J. Lanzo 24: Rachel Cheng 25: Benedicte Grima 26: Scott Tierney 27: Denise Diehl … Continue reading Winners of the December Contest
Winners of the January Winter Contest
Here are the winners of our first 2025 Contest! The dates next to their names will be the day their work will be posted to our website. January 29: Poetry Winner: Jennifer Choi January 30: Fiction Winner: Gary Hardy January 31: Nonfiction Winner: Lily Ogden Thank you to everyone who entered into our contest!
New Book from Channie Greenberg
Channie Greenberg's new poetry omnibus (the best works from her first 16 poetry collections), Miscellaneous Parlor Tricks, published a few weeks ago. Within its pages is work originally offered by The Academy of the Heart and Mind. Greenberg has also released her first children's book, Stanley Penguin.
Submitted During the Summer Break?
Did you send us an email submission during the break?Do you want us to consider it for our next open pool? If you did, please read our updated submission guidelines and resubmit your piece. We're looking forward to what you have written during this time!
“Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots” by Danae Younge Out Now!
Past contributor Danae Younge’s poetry chapbook is here! Micro-collection Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots received the 2022 Florence Kahn Memorial Award from the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. In this micro-collection, Younge explores the ambiguities of biracialism after the early passing of her African American father—representing blurred racial identification with moments of redaction, strikethrough, … Continue reading “Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots” by Danae Younge Out Now!
Danae Younge’s Chapbook “Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots” Awarded the Florence Kahn Memorial Award
Former contributor Danae Younge's poetry chapbook, Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots, was given the Florence Kahn Memorial Award by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies and will be published as a print book on July 1st! NFSPS is a conglomerate of the state poetry societies involved in the institution of Poet Laureate, and they host what are considered … Continue reading Danae Younge’s Chapbook “Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots” Awarded the Florence Kahn Memorial Award
Marianne Brems’ New Chapbook Out Now
Marianne Brems, who shared her work in our journal throughout 2019 and 2020, has a new chapbook Unsung Offerings that was published by Finishing Line Press in September 2021. Some of the poems in the chapbook include pieces published in this journal including “Seven Seconds” (October 30, 2019), “A Treelike Shape” (January 2019), and “Their … Continue reading Marianne Brems’ New Chapbook Out Now
High School Contest Winners
The winners of our first annual high school contest have all been posted. We got some really amazing posts from some really amazing young writers. It was an honor to read their submissions and we hope that each of them continue their writing and send more of their work for us to post. Have you … Continue reading High School Contest Winners
It is a Special Time
We are approaching a very special day. On the 21st, it will be the birthday of my co-editor and girlfriend Jessica Ricks. To celebrate her I am going to publish a few of her poems. I hope you like them and let's all hope she has a very special birthday. John Page
Shoutout to our Spring Contest Winners!
By now you've probably already seen the winners for our March contest (if you haven't, what are you waiting for?!). Here's another shoutout to our winner, your work was amazing! And a shoutout to everyone who entered the contest. As always we loved reading every submission that we got and encourage everyone to continue to … Continue reading Shoutout to our Spring Contest Winners!
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