FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseXP Prose
August 14, 2026
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Short Story to 10,000 Words|Experimental Forms (XP)||Gabriele Micozzi|”The Office of Human Remaining”
FictionExperimentalLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
May 9, 2026
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)|Short Story||Jim Meirose |”TWILIGHT NIGHT”
ArtsNon-fictionLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDExperimental DiscourseExperimental (XP)Pamphlet series
February 10, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library||American Chapbooks:|Reconfiguring Literary and Artistic Prestige||Jim Meirose|”Experimental Discourse: A Productive Labor”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimentalProse Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)Short Story (to 10,000 words)
August 16, 2025
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)|Short Story to 10,000 Words||Adam John Wilshaw|”PODCAST ICARUS”
FictionLITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseXP Prose
February 9, 2025
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)|Short Story||Jim Meirose |”The Lost Traveler’s Dream Under the Hill”
FictionExperimentalLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
July 14, 2024
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)|Short Story||Per Olvmyr|”ORANGES I-XV”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental Discourse
April 19, 2024
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)||Gogol|”SMOKE”
ArtsEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalMixed FormsSequential Art Stories/Graphic novelsOtherOral Interpretation/Spoken WordOtherLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseBUTTONHOOK PRESS
April 7, 2024
Buttonhook Press|Special Release||Mary-Margaret Grant|”Queer Crush: Places”|A Multimedia Film Project
Experimental (XP)WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 23, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|An Essay on Craft|”EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING: THE TIMELINE OF COMPLEMENTARY REALITIES”
WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 22, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|”AWK, TINKER”
WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPortfolio SpotlightExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 21, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|”I LIKE THE CEMETERY”
WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 20, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse: Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|”OFF’N ‘OME ANALYSTICLE PROLE”
WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 19, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|”BACK ‘N BABCI’S HOUSE-KITCHEN”
WritersExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPortfolio SpotlightExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
October 18, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer Jim Meirose|”MY NAME IS NOT MISTER BIRD!”
Special AnnouncementsExperimental (XP)SubmissionsBUTTONHOOK PRESSCall for SubmissionsArtsXP ProseExperimental DiscourseLITERARY ARTSNon-fictionExperimentalFiction
September 17, 2023
Special Announcement|OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||Buttonhook Press: Call for submissions||OPEN CALL for Chapbooks of Experimental Discourse
ArtsExperimentalNon-fictionExperimental DiscourseXP ProseSpecial AnnouncementsCall for SubmissionsExperimental (XP)
September 17, 2023
Special Announcement|OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||OPEN CALL for SUBMISSIONS|EXPERIMENTAL DISCOURSE (XP)|FICTION to 2000 words
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
February 25, 2023
Americana|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Jim Meirose|”An Appreciation for Statuary”
FictionProse Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
February 9, 2023
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)||K.A. Nielsen|”The Real You”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
October 8, 2022
Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)||Mike Murray|”RESIDUUM”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
June 6, 2022
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction||Jim Meirose|”At Jesse Owens’ Grave”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseXP Prose
May 10, 2022
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Jim Meirose|”The Keys”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)FEATUREDLITERARY ARTS
January 16, 2022
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Double Flash/Short Story to 2000 words|2021 theme: “1 of 24– the story of an hour”||Jim Meirose|”Superman’s Picnic Table”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseXP Prose
September 24, 2021
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Short Story||Jim Meirose|”Deep Fry”
LITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
May 7, 2021
Featured Series|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Double Flash/Short Story to 2000 words|2021 theme: “1 of 24– the story of an hour”||Jim Meirose|”In the Shadow of the World’s Largest Cross”
Non-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTSExperimental Discourse
March 17, 2021
Experimental Discourse|Nonfiction|Interview||”Contributing Editor WJP Newnham|talks with Freya Howarth concerning|the new Australian XP anthology Dizzy Limits”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 3, 2021
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse (XP)|Double Flash/Short Story to 2000 words|2020 theme: “Tranche de Vie” (Slice of Life)||Verena Mahlow|”Good-bye, Shoes”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 3, 2021
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse (XP)|Double Flash/Short Story to 2000 words|2020 theme: “Tranche de Vie” (Slice of Life)||Oscar Davis|”To become an opera singer or a physicist”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 2, 2021
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse (XP)|Double Flash/Short Story to 2000 words|2020 theme: “Tranche de Vie” (Slice of Life)||Lauren Dennis|”This Guy.”
Pamphlet SeriesAvailable titlesBUTTONHOOK PRESSFictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSDrama for stage or pageExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
December 4, 2020
Buttonhook Press|2020 Pamphlet Series||SPECIAL EDITION|Experimental Discourse (XP)||Anthony Hamilton|”…are serious offenses, and…”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSShort Story (to 10,000 words)
June 13, 2020
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Short Story||Jim Meirose|”Auxx-Coo the Computational Man – ALIVE!!!”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
April 12, 2020
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Jim Meirose|”The Largest Lady in the World”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
February 25, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Flash Fiction|J. Ray Paradiso|”Follow-Up Question” (XP)
ExperimentalXP ProseExperimental DiscourseProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSProse poetryInterviewNon-fiction
January 31, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Interview|”Contributing Editor WJP Newnham|talks with UWA’s Catherine Noske”
Non-fictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseLITERARY ARTSProse poetryPoetryEssay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 30, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Creative Nonfiction|WJP Newnham|”Downtime” (CNF)
Non-fictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseNarrative poetryLITERARY ARTSProse poetryPoetryEssay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 30, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Creative Nonfiction|WJP Newham|”Ray-The-Roo” (CNF)
Fictionbook or article review or close readingXP ProseExperimental Discourse2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewNon-fictionExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 30, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Experimental Discourse||Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”A Review of Dinner with Father Dwyer,|an Experimental Novel by Jim Meirose”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fictionExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 30, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”O:JA&L Celebrates Experimental Writing: A Foreword”
Non-fictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Luis Lopez-Maldonado|”Overqualified:”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Rollin Jewett|”Swingtown Snake”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Emma Beard|”Her Return”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Kimberly Crafton|”Questioning the Silence”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Nelson Lowhim|”Journal of Truth”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Zeeshan Amit|”Wall People”
FictionXP ProseExperimental DiscourseFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSExperimentalFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Shawn Anto|”Lessons on Constancy”
PoetryXP ProseExperimental Discourse2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSProse poetry
December 24, 2019
Featured Series: Prose Poetry|Jim Meirose| “In Mid Game”(XP)
FictionXP ProseExperimental Discourse2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
December 24, 2019
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Jim Meirose|”The Dad Anecdote”
Fictionbook or article review or close readingXP ProseExperimental Discourse2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
December 24, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|WJP Newnham’s Experimental Work|”El Greco Rides Again”
Fictionbook or article review or close readingXP ProseExperimental DiscourseLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|Review of W
December 24, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|Review of WP Newnham’s Experimental Work|”El Greco”
FictionXP ProseExperimental Discourse2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|Review of W
December 24, 2019