Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
May 24, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Lon Otto’s Flash Fiction|’Love Poems'”
Fine ArtistsNon-fictionEssay, CraftOtherPortfolio SpotlightSTUDIO ARTSPainting and DrawingPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
April 22, 2020
Contributing Editor Toti O’Brien|Art & Artists of Los Angeles|”Sheer Matter: The Art of Marina Moevs”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
April 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF/Memoir|Meghan Faszholz|”How to Knit”
WritersFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Peter Meinke’s ‘The Cranes'”
WritersFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Octavio Paz’s|’The Blue Bouquet’”
WritersFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Raymond Carver’s|’Popular Mechanics'”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
March 29, 2020
Featured Series: Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir|Richard Burt|”2315 hours x 0750 hours, Noche Despacio”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
March 29, 2020
Featured Series: Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir|Richard Burt|”2315 hours x 0750 hours”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
March 29, 2020
Featured Series: Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir|P.B. Johnson|”Bumps in the Night, Chicago 1998-2001″
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
March 28, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF/Memoir|Micah Thorp|”The Fourth Horseman”
Non-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
March 19, 2020
Special Announcements|Open Calls for Submissions|Book Reviews
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
March 18, 2020
Featured Writer Parsh Tiwari|An Essay on Craft|”Haibun Uncaged”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)STUDIO ARTSTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsEditor's Advice
March 13, 2020
Contributing Editor Hermione Laake|Editor’s Advice|”How to Submit via Submittable”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Oral Interpretation/Spoken WordTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTS
March 13, 2020
Contributing Editor Hermione Laake|Editor’s Advice|”How to Record Voice”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
March 12, 2020
Featured Series: Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir|Allen Forrest|”A Different World” (Los Angeles Riots of 1992)
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|An Essay on Craft|”The Question of May Swenson”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
February 22, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”An Essential Reading List:|FLASH FICTION/SUDDEN FICTION/SHORT-SHORT FICTION|ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
February 21, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Charles Baudelaire’s|’To Each His Own Chimera'”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
February 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF|Nicolas Ridley|”AT THE HOUSE OF ANTON PAVLOVICH:|Three studies in authenticity”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: CNF|Satch Dobrey|”The Vanishing Ice Pack”
Non-fictionEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: CNF, Memoir, Personal Essay|Phil Rice|”The Walk-Off Homer”
Fine ArtistsNon-fictionInterviewSTUDIO ARTSPainting and DrawingPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-felenko
February 12, 2020
Featured Artist Gene Kreyd|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Russian-born painter Gene Kreyd”
Non-fictionTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 7, 2020
Contributing Editor Jim Weitz|Literary Tourism|”The Death and Life of Dith Pran”
Performance ArtistsNon-fictionInterviewPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)MusicOral Interpretation/Spoken WordOtherFEATURED2019 archive
February 7, 2020
Featured Performance Artist Kwiksie Ifediora|Interview|”Contributing Editor Nureni Ibrahim|talks with musician and poet Kwiksie Ifediora”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 6, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with poet Kate Hanson Foster”
ArtsNon-fictionEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsEditor's Advice
February 5, 2020
Associate Editor Jeff Streeby|Editor’s Advice|”How to Publish a Poem: A Guide for New Submitters”
ArtsNon-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)STUDIO ARTSTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsEditor's Advice
February 5, 2020
Contributing Editor Hermione Laake|Editor’s Advice|”How to Prepare a Professional|Biographical Statement”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with poet Devon Balwit”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|An Essay on Craft|”What’s It For?”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|An Essay on Craft|”Crow Funerals and the Loss of Meaning”
Performance ArtistsEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionInterviewPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)MusicLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
January 31, 2020
Featured Fine Artist Ilya Beshevlí|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with composer Ilya Beshevlí”
ExperimentalNon-fictionInterviewProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDExperimentalExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 31, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Interview|”Contributing Editor WJP Newnham|talks with UWA’s Catherine Noske”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalPoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 30, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Creative Nonfiction|WJP Newnham|”Downtime” (CNF)
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalPoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTSNarrative poetryExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 30, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Creative Nonfiction|WJP Newham|”Ray-The-Roo” (CNF)
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalNon-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTS2019 archiveExperimental DiscourseXP Prosebook or article review or close reading
January 30, 2020
Book Review|Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”A Review of Dinner with Father Dwyer,|an Experimental Novel by Jim Meirose”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalNon-fictionEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTSFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 30, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”O:JA&L Celebrates Experimental Writing: A Foreword”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetryClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|An Essay on Craft|”So Sweet and So Cold:|Plums and Poems from Romania to New Jersey”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Claudia Serea”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationSpa-Haibun
January 21, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Contributing Editor Christine Taylor|”An Introduction to Haibun”
Fine ArtistsNon-fictionInterviewSTUDIO ARTSPainting and DrawingPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-alijendro
January 20, 2020
Featured Artist Alejandro Rosemberg|Interview|”Contributing Editor Adekunle Adewunmi|talks with painter Alejandro Rosemberg”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 20, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|An Essay on Craft|”Songs on the Way to God: A Theory of Poetics”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Interview|”Managing Editor Kalireyna Streeby|talks with Canadian writer Lorna Crozier”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Luis Lopez-Maldonado|”Overqualified:”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|An Essay on Craft|”Thinking about Process: Planting or Planning”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Interview|”Contributing Editor Adekunle Adewunmi|talks with poet and NEA Fellow Rachel Custer”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTS2019 archivePersonal essay to 1000 words
January 13, 2020
Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|An Editorial on Issues of Poetic Practice|”The Poem as Holy Ground: Radical Silence in Action”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTS2019 archivePersonal essay to 1000 words
January 13, 2020
Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|An Editorial on Issues of Poetic Practice|”A Call to Radical Silence: Deaf Republic and Twitter Noise”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTS2019 archivePersonal essay to 1000 words
January 13, 2020
Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|An Editorial on Issues of Poetic Practice|”The Artistic Power of Silence: On Letting Art Speak for Itself”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTS2019 archivePersonal essay to 1000 words
January 13, 2020
Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|An Editorial on Issues of Poetic Practice|”Safe Spaces: A Pretty Lie”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Fielding Dawson’s ‘Vertical Fields'”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Heinrich Bőll’s ‘The Laugher’”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of John Updike’s ‘Pygmalion’”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Alice Walker’s ‘The Flowers'”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Brief and (Likely) Necessary Fiction” (Russian version)
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Milos Macourek’s ‘Jacob’s Chicken'”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Molly Giles’s ‘The Writers’ Model’”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”The Myth-ing Link (or Linking Up to Myth)”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Flash Fiction: From Flash Text To Flash Film”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”FLASH FICTION: Brief And (Likely) Necessary Literature”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”On the Road With Haibun”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingInterviewLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-Lucas
January 9, 2020
Featured Writer Terry Lucas|Interview|”Managing Editor Kalireyna Streeby|talks with poet Terry Lucas”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-Lucas
January 8, 2020
Featured Writer Terry Lucas|An Essay on Craft|”The Future of American Poetry in the 21st Century: Trajectories of Content and Form”*
WritersNon-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-eric
January 7, 2020
Featured Writer Erik Harper Klass|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Erik Harper Klass”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-ericFeatured writer
January 7, 2020
Featured Writer Erik Harper Klass|An Essay on Craft|”For the Love of Dirt”
WritersNon-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-Dixon
December 27, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|Flash Discourse: CNF|”Geeker Pray to His God” (from WIP Jailhouse Rock)
WritersNon-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-Dixon
December 26, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|Flash Discourse: CNF|”Three by Marty”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS2019 archivePersonal essay to 1000 words
December 23, 2019
Flash Discourse: CNF|Kathy Gibbons|”Mopping Up”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2019 archive
December 21, 2019
Flash Discourse: CNF|Kit Carlson|”What Sadie Knew”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 20, 2019