ArtsPamphlet seriesPublic Service AnnouncementsFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNon-fiction
September 13, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics||O:JA&L Best Practices Guide||”How to Market Poetry”
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
August 20, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Poetry: All forms & styles|Cowboy Poetry||Featured Writer: Rod Miller|Interview||”Saddle Work & the Unfinished West:|Associate Editor Jeff Streeby|talks with Rod Miller,|Cowboy Poet, Historian, and Commentator”
ChapbooksChapbook SeriesWritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectArts
August 19, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Poetry: All forms & styles|Cowboy Poetry|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Rod Miller|”Fine Lines & Wrinkles”
ArtsNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close readingPamphlet series
August 12, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”ATTENDING TO THE QUIET: A Reading of Gabriele Micozzi’s ‘Inventory of the Grandmothers Who Stayed’”
WritersPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
July 26, 2026
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Lyric Essay|A Featured Collaboration||The Bluff Coast Writers|Lois Baer Barr, Kathryn Dohrmann, Cynthia T. Hahn||”GROUP ZUIHITSU FOR A TRANSYLVANIAN NAPKIN”
ArtsNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingBook ReviewEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close readingPamphlet series
July 25, 2026
O:JA&L FREE PRESSES||HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library Pamphlet Series
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
July 24, 2026
Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Vignette||Jennifer Anderson|”RATTLESNAKE”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
July 23, 2026
Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Vignette||Jennifer Anderson|”ELECTRIC YOUTH”
ArtsNon-fictionFEATUREDFeatured Projectbook or article review or close reading
May 29, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library||American Chapbooks:|Reconfiguring Literary and Artistic Prestige||”SINGING A HYMN TO THE SEA:|Larry D. Thomas|Returns to the Texas Gulf Coast”
Artsbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
May 21, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”SPEAKING THE OVERFULL WORLD:|A Close Reading of Bruce McRae’s Poem “All In”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
May 18, 2026
FLASH NONFICTION: ALL MILITARY|Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette||Charles Jacobson|”To Saigon”
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
May 16, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Mixed Forms: Haibun|Featured Writer: Roberta Beary|Interview||”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with Haibunist Roberta Beary”
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
May 15, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Mixed Forms: Haibun|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Roberta Beary|”The Heart of Haibun”
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
April 22, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|POETRY: All forms & styles|Featured Writer: Richard Widerkehr|Interview||”Associate Editor Jeff Streeby|talks with poet Richard Widerkehr”
Artsbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
April 20, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”The Burdens of Intimacy|A close reading of ‘Two Solitudes,’|a poem by Richard Widerkehr”
ArtsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWriters
April 16, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|POETRY: All forms & styles|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Richard Widerkehr|”What on Earth?”
UncategorizedFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWritersArts
April 13, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Writer: Bruce McRae|Interview||”Associate Editor Jeff Streeby|talks with poet Bruce McRae”
UncategorizedArtsNon-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDbook or article review or close reading
April 13, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library||American Chapbooks:|Reconfiguring Literary and Artistic Prestige||”Correspondence Across Landscapes:| a review of Wolf Tree & Agave, a poetic exchange between Larry D. Thomas & Clarence J. Wolfshohl”
UncategorizedFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsWritersArts
April 12, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|POETRY: All forms & styles|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Bruce McRae|”My Craft and Sullen Art…
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 7, 2026
FLASH NONFICTION: ALL MILITARY|Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette||Clement Valot|”April 2008, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
April 6, 2026
FLASH NONFICTION: ALL MILITARY|Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette||Clement Valot|”February 2008, Straits of Hormuz, Arabian Gulf”
ArtsNon-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDbook or article review or close reading
April 4, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library||American Chapbooks:|Reconfiguring Literary and Artistic Prestige||”A HOWLING AT THE THRESHOLD:|Transformation and Wildness in Wolf by Bruce McRae|A REVIEW
Special AnnouncementsPublic Service AnnouncementsCall for SubmissionsArtsPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/MemoirNon-fiction
March 11, 2026
Special Announcement|OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||OPEN CALL for SUBMISSIONS||ALL MILITARY Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette
ArtsNon-fictionEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
March 9, 2026
Prose Discourse: Creative Nonfiction to 10,000 Words|Personal Essay||A.G. Sorette|”You’ll Eat It and You’ll Like It”
ArtsNon-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
March 7, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library||American Chapbooks:|Reconfiguring Literary and Artistic Prestige||”A Stillness in Motion:|A Review of Little Prose by David Person”
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”
ArtsNon-fictionLITERARY ARTSEditor's AdviceExperimental (XP)
February 2, 2026
An O:JA&L Guide for Submitters| Editor’s Advice||Definitions at O:JA&L||”Experimental Discourse (XP)”
ArtsNon-fictionSpecial AnnouncementsCall for SubmissionsExperimental (XP)
January 24, 2026
Special Announcement|OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||OPEN CALL for SUBMISSIONS|EXPERIMENTAL DISCOURSE (XP)|NONFICTION to 2000 words
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
January 12, 2026
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Miranda Barfuss|”ROSEANNE”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
January 11, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Discourse: Fiction/Nonfiction|Featured Writer: Kent Dixon|Interview||”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer Kent Dixon”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
January 9, 2026
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Discourse: Fiction/Nonfiction|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Kent Dixon|”Flash Discourse: A Physical Artifact”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
November 20, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Essay/Memoir/ Vignette||Alida Dean|”I Try to Understand My Fear”
Non-fictionEssay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS
November 20, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Essay||Kimberly Kearns|”When the Game Ends”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS
November 13, 2025
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction|An Essay on Craft||Featured Writer: Tom Hazuka||”Structure and Style in Flash Fiction”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalCNF/MemoirAcademic writing/ Close Reading
August 28, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10,000 Words|Mixed-form essay/memoir/vignette||James Joaquin Brewer|”Pilgrim Ways and Voices:|Bryars’ Tramp and Salinger’s Glasses”
Non-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTS
August 27, 2025
Special Feature||Guest Editor Ibrahim Nureni|”An Interview with Haiku Poet Taofeek Ayeyemi”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
August 25, 2025
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||A Close Reading of Franz Kafka’s|”Up in the Gallery”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
August 15, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10,000 Words|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Guest Editor Laura Salvatore|”A Review of Adrienne Fidelin Restored (2025)|by Anne Whitehouse”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
August 15, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10,000 Words|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Guest Editor Laura Salvatore|”A Review of Frida (2022)|by Anne Whitehouse”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
July 22, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10000 Words|Memoir/Personal Essay||Jonathan Mark|”WHY ARE YOU CRYING?”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
July 19, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Personal essay/Memoir/Vignette||N. Graham|”Thanksgiving, Florida, 2022″
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
July 17, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Craft Essay/Analysis/Explication||María DeGuzmán|SUBTLE MATERIALIZATIONS OF MEMORY
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
July 16, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Aldo Giovannitti|”THE FONT”
Non-fictionEssay, PersonalOtherLITERARY ARTS
July 15, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10000 words|Contemporary Controversies|Personal Essay||Mick McGrath|”IF I HAVE TO READ ONE MORE THING|ABOUT EMBITTERED WOMEN|CLAWING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP|IN A MALE-DOMINATED SOCIETY…”||A Strongly Worded Response|to Alice Hatcher’s Recent Essay
Non-fictionEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)
July 14, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10000 words|Contemporary Controversies|Personal Essay||Alice Hatcher|”LET THEM EAT COOKIES:|SUGAR-COATING ANXIETY|AT A CROSSROADS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
June 28, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|PERSONAL ESSAY/MEMOIR/VIGNETTE||Gregory Ormson|”LIGHTING MATCHES.”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
June 27, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|PERSONAL ESSAY/MEMOIR/VIGNETTE||Gregory Ormson|”A MAN BECAME A BIRD|AND ACCUSED HIMSELF OF AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
June 26, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|PERSONAL ESSAY/MEMOIR/VIGNETTE||Gregory Ormson|”STRATOSPHERIC STRINGS AND BANJO LIBERATION|WITH THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
June 22, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Tara Hashagen|”SEVEN FOLDS”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
June 21, 2025
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Anya Connelly-Howland|”Pyre”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
April 15, 2025
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||A Close Reading of W. Somerset Maugham’s|“The Appointment in Samarra“
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2025
Flash nonfiction|Personal essay/Memoir/Vignette||Janelle Cordero|”Broken”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS
April 7, 2025
Flash nonfiction|Personal essay/Memoir/Vignette||Janelle Cordero|”Health Class”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
April 5, 2025
Flash nonfiction|Personal essay/Memoir/Vignette||Joanne Furio|”WHAT DADDY DIDN’T KNOW”
WritersFictionProse Discourse: Fiction Long forms (to 10,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
March 6, 2025
Special Feature|| Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto||”An Interview with|O:JA&L’s new Flash Fiction/Nonfiction Editor|Richard Holeton”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTS
February 17, 2025
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles|Haiku||Contributing Editor Ibrahim Nureni|”A Review of Adjei Agyei-Baah’s Scaring Crow”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
February 14, 2025
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Spencer Holst’s|’The Zebra Storyteller’”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 13, 2025
Flash nonfiction|Personal essay/Memoir/Vignette||Laura Shell|”I’m the One”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
January 9, 2025
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Pedro Ponce|Interview|”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer Pedro Ponce”
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 8, 2025
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Pedro Ponce|An Essay on Craft|”UNDERGROUND: A FLASH MANIFESTO”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS
November 13, 2024
Flash nonfiction|Personal essay, Memoir, or Vignette||Beth Duddy|”Hand in Hand”
Non-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
October 30, 2024
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Luisa Valenzuela’s|’Vision Out of the Corner of One Eye’”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
October 11, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Sarah Bovold|“THE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
October 3, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Millie Sparks|”Umbrellas”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS
September 15, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Sherif Abdelkarim|”DEBT TO DEBT”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS
September 12, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Natalie Harris-Spencer|”Speed Date Spouses”
Writersbook or article review or close readingFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
September 1, 2024
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry||Editor-at-Large Rachel Custer|”What Does It Mean to Mean:|Percival Everett’s Sonnets in a Missing Key”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
August 21, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Daniel Arbino|”Crater”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
August 17, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Cathleen Daly|”I THINK”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
August 10, 2024
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of|Gordon Lish’s “The Merry Chase'”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
July 17, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Jesse Curran|”The Cities of the Interior”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS
July 6, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Catherine Davenport|”Goodbye And All That|(with a wink and a nod to Joan and Lacy)”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
May 27, 2024
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of|Lorna Crozier’s ‘Another Bear Story'”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
May 25, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Violet Piper|“NETS AND WINGS”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
May 23, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Philip Newman Lawton|”Getting It Right”
Non-fictionFlash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
May 1, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Tori Rego|”Hand-me-downs”
Experimental (XP)Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalCNF/Memoir
April 12, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette, CNF||jamilla vandyke-bailey|”candles in the wind”
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
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
March 31, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Andrew Cochrane|”It Is Sweet and Proper to Die for One’s Hockey Team”
Non-fictionFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterview
February 27, 2024
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Prose Poetry||Featured Writer: Maxine Chernoff|Interview|”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer Maxine Chernoff”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fiction
February 27, 2024
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Prose Poetry||Featured Writer: Maxine Chernoff|An Essay on Craft|”Love Affair with Prose Poetry”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fiction
January 22, 2024
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”The ABCs of Abecedarians”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 14, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Cal Freeman|“DISAMBIGUATION|WITH BARRY SANDERS, PLUTO, AND PERSEPHONE“
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 12, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Brigitte McCray|“AMERICAN CHESTNUT BLIGHT”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 11, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Olga Katsovskiy|“A SECRET LANGUAGE“
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 10, 2024
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Sasha Bailyn|”Anatomy of a Wave”
Non-fictionFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterview
December 28, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Peter Conners|Interview|”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer and publisher Peter Conners
UncategorizedFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fictionWriters
December 28, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Peter Conners|An Essay on Craft|”PLENTY: How to Write Very Short Fiction”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
December 23, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Essay||Tim Campbell|”Oblivion and Bliss”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
December 19, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Hyun Woo Kim|”Deserted Small Pretty Things”
book or article review or close readingEvents/Projects/CollaborationsClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
December 16, 2023
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of ‘Yours’ by Mary Robison”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
November 30, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Ron Theel|”Common Ground”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
November 26, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Angela Townsend|”Giving up the Ghost”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
November 17, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr|”Soles”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
November 15, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Maya Bernstein-Schalet|”On Being Alone”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSBook Review
October 29, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Historical Fiction/Flash Fiction||Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|”A Review of|’Polish Poets in Beds with Girls and other true stories’|by Erik Harper Klass”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirLITERARY ARTS
October 25, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Anu Kumar|”Journeys of a Lifetime”
Experimental (XP)WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
October 24, 2023
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio|Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction||Featured Writer: Jim Meirose|Interview|”Associate Editor Warwick Newnham|talks with XP writer Jim Meirose”
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”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
October 6, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Roberta Allen|Interview|”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer and artist Roberta Allen”
WritersPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fiction
October 5, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Roberta Allen|An Essay on Craft|”FIRST IT HAPPENS, THEN I MAKE IT UP”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSPoetryBook Review
September 18, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry||Editor-at-Large Rachel Custer|”To Suffer None of It:|Lack and Gratitude in Disease of Kings”
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
TranslationNon-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
August 23, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Karineh Arutyunova|“VOICES”|Translated by Lena Mandel
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
August 6, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer Michael Martone|An Essay on Craft|”The Title: A SHORT SHORT STORY’S OWN SHORT SHORT STORY”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
August 6, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Flash Fiction||Featured Writer: Michael Martone|Interview|”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer Michael Martone”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
August 1, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Wendy BooydeGraaff|”Saturday Mornings”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
July 30, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Lydia Gwyn|”The Highest Point/Emptiness, Standing Still/All Dreams Speak to Life”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
July 26, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Ericka Russel|BURNING ALFALFA FIELDS
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSBook Review
July 15, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Historical Fiction/Flash Fiction||Editor-at-Large Rachel Custer|”A Review of|’Polish Poets in Beds with Girls and other true stories’|by Erik Harper Klass”
Uncategorizedbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
June 27, 2023
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of|’THE TWO TAILS’ or ‘THE ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER’|by Augusto Monterroso”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
June 11, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Erica Kletkin|”THE DUCK”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
June 8, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Alana Goldberg|”How My Day to Day Became My DNA”
Non-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSbook or article review or close reading
May 24, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Editor-at-Large Rachel Custer|”What Lies Submerged: Myth and Monster|in Natalie Young’s ‘All of This Was Once Under Water'”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
May 24, 2023
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ryan Griffith’s ‘Thrill of Fire’”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirLITERARY ARTS
April 28, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Anu Kumar|”The Sound of Planes”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 18, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Essay||Paul Perilli|”THE MAYAN BALL GAME”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 18, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay||Alden Cullinane|”The Porcelain God Is Female”
Amazon TitlesAvailable titlesBUTTONHOOK PRESSNon-fictionLITERARY ARTSInterview
April 13, 2023
Buttonhook Press|Authors available on Amazon||Erik Harper Klass|Author of “Polish Poets in Beds with Girls”||Interview|”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer Erik Harper Klass”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
March 21, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||James Roth|”Jacob: a Greendale Garden Boy”
Exhibition SpotlightPublic Service AnnouncementsArtsFeatured ProjectFEATUREDSTUDIO ARTSOtherNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
March 2, 2023
O:JA&L Public Service Announcement|Featured Event||Team NeetiBisht®|”The GROUP ART EXHIBITION”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental (XP)
February 27, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Nonfiction (XP)|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Ron Theel|”the long goodbye”
Non-fictionFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSCNF/Memoir
February 24, 2023
Americana|Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Kerstin Schulz|”Collections”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
February 17, 2023
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Italo Calvino’s|’The Man Who Shouted Teresa'”
Non-fictionFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterview
February 9, 2023
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Featured Writer Ray Gonzalez|Interview||”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer & artist Ray Gonzalez”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
February 2, 2023
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Ellen Brown|”Better Times”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
January 15, 2023
Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Lori Rottenberg|”1940 Census”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
January 7, 2023
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Richard Plant’s|’Flatland'”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
January 4, 2023
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Lori Rottenberg|”What Handsome Harry Carried in His Wallet|for 70 Years”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/Memoir
January 4, 2023
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Lori Rottenberg|”Inheritance”
Non-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSbook or article review or close reading
January 2, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction to 10,000 Words|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Guest Editor tano rubio|”Finishing Incomplete:|A Review of Yasmin Mariam Kloth’s|Ancestry Unfinished: Poems of a Lost Generation”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
January 1, 2023
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Essay|Editorials on Issues of Contemporary Aesthetics||Contributing Editor Mick McGrath|”Perseus with the Head of Medusa”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSEssay, Personal
December 18, 2022
Americana|Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Logan Silva|”A Feast of Spread”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
October 24, 2022
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Cutter Streeby|”A Review of ‘Ouafa and Thawra:|About a Lover from Tunisia’ by Arturo Desimone”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
October 17, 2022
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Featured Writer Mark Budman|Interview||Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with writer Mark Budman
Non-fictionFeatured ProjectPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary Tourism
September 12, 2022
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”||2022 Update||Associate Editor Jim Weitz|
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
September 12, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Robert Bly’s|’Warning to the Reader'”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSInterview
July 28, 2022
Featured Writer Wayne Scheer|Interview||”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with flash fiction writer Wayne Scheer”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 1, 2022
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Featured Writer Brian Clements|An Essay on Craft||”Some Generic Notes on Short Prose”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
May 20, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Melinda McCamant’s|’Clamming Up’”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSProse poetryPoetryInterviewNon-fiction
May 3, 2022
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Featured Poet Brian Clements|Interview||”Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|talks with poet Brian Clements”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
April 27, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ron Carlson’s|’The Tablecloth of Turin'”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 6, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Adrie Kusserow|”ETHNOGRAPHY OF HORROR, DOMESTICATED”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 6, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Adrie Kusserow|”WESTERN PSYCHONAUTS of the POSTPARTUM PERIOD”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 6, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Adrie Kusserow|”COMING HOME”
Non-fiction2017-18LITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)
February 26, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Lyric Essay||Scott F. Parker|”Between Other Countries”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
February 17, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Adrie Kusserow|”REVISED LONELY PLANET GUIDE TO HOLY MEN”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
February 17, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Adrie Kusserow|”QUARANTINE DREAMS”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSProse poetryPoetryFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
February 17, 2022
Poetry: All forms & styles|Prose Poem as CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Yasmin Mariam Kloth|”At the Souk”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
February 13, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lydia Davis’s ‘Therapists'”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)
February 2, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Personal Essay||Elena Botts|”Braamfontein”
Non-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSbook or article review or close reading
January 29, 2022
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Guest Editor Laura Salvatore|”Reviews of Anne Whitehouse’s Chapbooks|’Surrealist Muse’ and ‘Escaping Lee Miller’”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
January 17, 2022
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF (Creative Nonfiction)||Hermione Laake|”Palindrome”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
January 3, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of A. M. Homes’s|’With One Wheel Gone Wrong'”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
November 21, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Yasunari Kawabata’s|”The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS
November 7, 2021
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Dan Shewan|”The Wrong Kind of Bastard”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
October 21, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lydia Davis’s ‘The Mice'”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
September 19, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ursula Hegi’s ‘Doves'”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
August 26, 2021
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Stephanie Anderson|”Grief in Miniature”
TravelLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 22, 2021
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”||2021 Update||Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in Vietnam:|The Experience of an Australian Nomad”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
July 18, 2021
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction/Memoir||Edward M. Cohen|”Tea and Sympathy and Lies”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
June 4, 2021
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Kyle Ingrid Johnson|”It’s Time to Go”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS
May 28, 2021
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning||Anne Whitehouse|”Soldier, Sailor:|Edgar Allan Poe and His Brother Henry”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
May 25, 2021
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Elaine Neil Orr|”Shared History Is|the Chimney that Doesn’t Burn Down|Even if the Rest of the House Does|Or,|How to Stay Married
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
May 22, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Madison Smartt Bell’s|’The Naked Lady'”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Book Review
May 10, 2021
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Flash Discourse: CNF||Guest Editor Karlene Bayok Edwards|”Brian Doyle’s ‘One Long River of Song:|Notes on Wonder'”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 11, 2021
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Jessica Manack|”Just Say No”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 11, 2021
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Jessica Manack|”The Boy Who Went to Divinity School”
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”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
February 8, 2021
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Alex Andy Phuong|”A Review of The Last Tiger Is Somewhere|Poetry by Robert Carney and Scott Poole”
Editor's AdviceSpecial AnnouncementsArtsLITERARY ARTSTHEATER ARTSSTUDIO ARTSPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Essay, CraftNon-fiction
January 25, 2021
An O:JA&L Guide for Submitters| Editor’s Advice||Contributing Editor Hermione Laake||”How to Prepare a Professional|Biographical Statement”
Editor's AdviceSpecial AnnouncementsNon-fictionLITERARY ARTSTHEATER ARTSSTUDIO ARTSPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Essay, Craft
January 25, 2021
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics|Editor’s Advice||Contributing Editor Hermione Laake||”How to Submit via Submittable”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Oral Interpretation/Spoken WordTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTS
January 14, 2021
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics|Editor’s Advice||Contributing Editor Hermione Laake||”How to Record Voice”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
December 30, 2020
Special Feature||O:JA&L Executive Editor Cutter Streeby||”An Interview with the Poet: Victoria Chang”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSbook or article review or close reading
December 5, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Guest Editor Laura Salvatore|”A Review of ‘Outside from the Inside’|Poetry by Anne Whitehouse”
book or article review or close readingNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
December 5, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Brady Udall’s ‘The Wig’”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 3, 2020
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF||Melanie Brake|”Beyond Twenties”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
November 26, 2020
Prose Discourse: Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Contributing Editor Alex Andy Phuong|”A Review of Singing Back to the Sirens,|Poetry by Margaret Deritter”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
November 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|Interview|”Contributing Editor Kalireyna Streeby|talks with writer Kent Dixon”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSProse poetryNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftNon-fiction
November 12, 2020
Featured Writer Kendra Tanacea|An Essay on Craft|”James Wright: The Alchemy of a Poet”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
November 11, 2020
Featured Writer Kendra Tanacea|Interview|”Contributing Editor Kalireyna Streeby|talks with poet Kendra Tanacea”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTS
November 8, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning||Anne Whitehouse|”THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE:|Edgar Allan Poe’s Misplaced Youth”
Non-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
October 23, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”List Stories: Lists of the Literary Kind”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)
September 21, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Yasunari Kawabata’s|’Love Suicides'”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
September 2, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Poetry: All forms & styles||Contributing Editor Nureni Ibrahim|A Review of Tolu Akinyemi’s|”I Laugh at these Skinny Girls”
TravelPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismEssay, PersonalNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 29, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in Taiwan: The Experience of Thomas
TravelPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismEssay, PersonalNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 12, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in New Zealand: The Experience of Jim”
TravelPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismEssay, PersonalNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 10, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in Turkey: The Experience of Elena”
UncategorizedPersonal essay to 1000 wordsLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismEssay, PersonalNon-fictionTravel
August 10, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in Cambodia: The Experience of John”
TravelPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 8, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in Laos: The Experience of Gal”
TravelPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismInterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 8, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Trapped in Taiwan: Interview with Janette”
TravelPersonal essay to 1000 wordsFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSTravel Writing/Literary TourismNon-fictionEvents/Projects/Collaborations
August 8, 2020
Flash Discourse: Travel Writing|Featured Series: Personal Essay|2020 Theme: “The Pandemic Letters: Trapped Overseas”|Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”My Own Experience: Trapped in Taiwan”
Non-fictionbook or article review or close readingLITERARY ARTSBook ReviewAcademic writing/ Close Reading
August 1, 2020
Prose Discourse: Book Review|Prose Discourse: Fiction||Contributing Editor Alex Andy Phuong|A Review of And Yes She Was, a novel by Tsipi Keller
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)OtherLITERARY ARTS
July 30, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction/Vignette|C.M. Vitali|”Of Working in a Bottling Factory”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)
July 27, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Augusto Monterroso’s|’The Eclipse’”
Non-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTS
July 26, 2020
Special Feature||Guest Editor Janis Butler Holm||”An Interview with Multigenre Author Lucy Wang”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
July 18, 2020
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Vignette||Diane Finlayson|”No Cover”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)
June 29, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Bai Xiao-Yi’s|‘Explosion in the Parlor’”
Academic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNon-fictionFeatured Project
June 14, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROSE POETRY ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)
June 13, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Dino Buzzati’s ‘The Falling Girl'”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)
May 24, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lon Otto’s Flash Fiction|’Love Poems'”
FEATUREDOtherOral Interpretation/Spoken WordMusicPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)InterviewNon-fictionPerformance Artists
May 19, 2020
Featured Performance Artist Funke Awodiya|Interview|”Contributing Editor Adekunle Adewunmi|talks with Nigerian performance poet Funke Awodiya”
Fine ArtistsClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPortfolio SpotlightPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSPortfolio SpotlightOtherEssay, CraftNon-fiction
April 22, 2020
Contributing Editor Toti O’Brien|Art & Artists of Los Angeles|”Sheer Matter: The Art of Marina Moevs”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Selena Wade|”Don’t Fuck with Mother Nature”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
April 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Meghan Faszholz|”How to Knit”
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Peter Meinke’s ‘The Cranes'”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Octavio Paz’s|’The Blue Bouquet’”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Raymond Carver’s|’Popular Mechanics'”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 29, 2020
Featured Series: Nonfiction|Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir||Richard Burt|”2315 hours x 0750 hours, Noche Despacio”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 29, 2020
Featured Series: Nonfiction|Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir||Richard Burt|”2315 hours x 0750 hours”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 29, 2020
Featured Series: Nonfiction|Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir||P.B. Johnson|”Bumps in the Night, Chicago 1998-2001″
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
March 28, 2020
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Micah Thorp|”The Fourth Horseman”
Call for SubmissionsBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSNon-fictionSpecial Announcements
March 19, 2020
Special Announcements|OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||Open Calls for Submissions|Book Reviews
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsEssay, CraftNon-fiction
March 18, 2020
Featured Writer Parsh Tiwari|An Essay on Craft|”Haibun Uncaged”
Non-fictionFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalCNF/Memoir
March 12, 2020
Featured Series: Nonfiction|Law Enforcement Officer CNF/Memoir||Allen Forrest|”A Different World” (Los Angeles Riots of 1992)
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|An Essay on Craft|”The Question of May Swenson”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
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
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
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-fictionLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
February 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Personal Essay/Memoir|Nicolas Ridley|”AT THE HOUSE OF ANTON PAVLOVICH:|Three studies in authenticity”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF||Satch Dobrey|”The Vanishing Ice Pack”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS2017-18Translation
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning/Translation||Kathleen Vail|”The Horses of Achilles by C. P. Cavafy:|A New Translation”
Non-fictionEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Phil Rice|”The Walk-Off Homer”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF||Christina Fulton|”Ghosts?”
Fine ArtistsSPA-felenkoFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPortfolio SpotlightPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
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
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Literary Tourism: Cambodia||Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”The Death and Life of Dith Pran”
2019 archiveFEATUREDOtherOral Interpretation/Spoken WordMusicPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)InterviewNon-fictionPerformance Artists
February 7, 2020
Featured Performance Artist Kwiksie Ifediora|Interview||”Contributing Editor Nurein Ibrahim|talks with musician and poet Kwiksie Ifediora”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryInterviewNon-fiction
February 6, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with poet Kate Hanson Foster”
Editor's AdviceSpecial AnnouncementsArtsLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsProse poetryNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftNon-fiction
February 5, 2020
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|O:JA&L Guides & Rubrics|Editor’s Advice|||Associate Editor Jeff Streeby||”How to Publish a Poem: A Guide for New Submitters”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryInterviewNon-fiction
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with poet Devon Balwit”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|An Essay on Craft|”What’s It For?”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|An Essay on Craft|”Crow Funerals and the Loss of Meaning”
Featured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSMusicPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)InterviewNon-fictionEvents/Projects/CollaborationsPerformance Artists
January 31, 2020
Featured Fine Artist Ilya Beshevlí|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with composer Ilya Beshevlí”
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”
Writersbook or article review or close readingClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationNarrative poetryFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|An Essay on Craft|”So Sweet and So Cold:|Plums and Poems from Romania to New Jersey”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryInterviewNon-fiction
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Claudia Serea”
Spa-HaibunNon-fictionClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close Reading
January 21, 2020
Featured Series: Mixed Forms|Haibun||Contributing Editor Christine Taylor|”An Introduction to Haibun”
Fine ArtistsSPA-alijendroFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPortfolio SpotlightPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
January 20, 2020
Featured Artist Alejandro Rosemberg|Interview|”Contributing Editor Adekunle Adewunmi|talks with painter Alejandro Rosemberg”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
January 20, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|An Essay on Craft|”Songs on the Way to God: A Theory of Poetics”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSInterviewNon-fictionProse Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Interview|”Managing Editor Kalireyna Streeby|talks with Canadian writer Lorna Crozier”
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:”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fiction
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|An Essay on Craft|”Thinking about Process: Planting or Planning”
WritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSNarrativeLyricPoetryInterviewNon-fiction
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
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Essay|Editorials on Issues of Poetic Practice||Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|”The Poem as Holy Ground: Radical Silence in Action”
Non-fictionLITERARY ARTS2019 archivePersonal essay to 1000 words
January 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Essay|Editorials on Issues of Poetic Practice||Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|”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
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Essay|Editorials on Issues of Poetic Practice||Poetry Editor Rachel Custer|”Safe Spaces: A Pretty Lie”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWriters2017-18FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Fielding Dawson’s ‘Vertical Fields'”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Heinrich Bőll’s ‘The Laugher’”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of John Updike’s ‘Pygmalion’”
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured Project2019 archiveWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Alice Walker’s ‘The Flowers'”
2019 archiveFeatured ProjectWritersFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Brief and (Likely) Necessary Fiction”|(Russian version)
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Milos Macourek’s ‘Jacob’s Chicken'”
WritersClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftAcademic writing/ Close ReadingNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Molly Giles’s ‘The Writers’ Model’”
WritersFeatured Project2019 archiveFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”The Myth-ing Link (or Linking Up to Myth)”
WritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Flash Fiction: From Flash Text To Flash Film”
Featured ProjectWriters2017-18FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”FLASH FICTION: Brief And (Likely) Necessary Literature”
Spa-HaibunWritersFeatured ProjectFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSHaibunMixed FormsProse poetryNarrativeLyricPoetryEssay, CraftNon-fictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Fiction
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|”Contributing Editor Kalireyna Streeby|talks with poet Terry Lucas”
Non-fictionSPA-LucasFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSAcademic writing/ Close Reading
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”
FEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, CraftNon-fictionWriters
January 7, 2020
Featured Writer Erik Harper Klass|An Essay on Craft|”For the Love of Dirt”
FictionNon-fictionCNF/MemoirLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 31, 2019
Prose Discourse: CNF|Mark Olmstead|”ink”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 31, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Paul Brown Hoffmeister|”When A Traumatic Brain Injury|Has Sex With An Arrogant Mind”
Non-fictionInterviewTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 31, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Literary Tourism: Thailand||Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Interview with Don Linder,|Author of ‘The Last Executioner'”
Fine ArtistsSPA-azamFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
December 29, 2019
Featured Artist Azam Atakhanov|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Russian Artist Azam Atakhanov”|(Русская версия)
Fine ArtistsSPA-azamFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
December 29, 2019
Featured Artist Azam Atakhanov|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Russian artist Azam Atakhanov”
Fine ArtistsSPA-nikolaiFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
December 29, 2019
Featured Artist Nikolay Vryasov|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Russian painter Nikolay Vryasov”|(Русская версия)
Fine ArtistsSPA-nikolaiFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSPainting and DrawingSTUDIO ARTSInterviewNon-fiction
December 29, 2019
Featured Artist Nikolay Vryasov|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Russian painter Nikolay Vryasov”
Non-fictionTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTS2019 archive
December 28, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Literary Tourism: Burma||Associate Editor Jim Weitz|”Emma Larkin’s ‘Finding George Orwell in Burma’|and George Orwell’s ‘Burmese Days'”
WritersSPA-DixonFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalEssay, CraftNon-fiction
December 27, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|An Essay on Craft|”Flash Discourse: The Long of the Short of It”
WritersSPA-DixonFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/MemoirNon-fiction
December 27, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|Flash Discourse: CNF|”Geeker Pray to His God” (from WIP Jailhouse Rock)
WritersSPA-DixonFEATUREDLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)CNF/MemoirNon-fiction
December 26, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|Flash Discourse: CNF|”Three by Marty”
Non-fiction2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 26, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Nicolas Ridley|”At Dr. Johnson’s House”
Non-fiction2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalCNF/Memoir
December 25, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Samuel Moore-Sobel|”My New Face”
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
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|Review of WP Newnham’sExperimental Work|”Eddie-Spaghetti-OH!”
Non-fiction2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 24, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Kathleen McGuire|”Spiritus Mundi”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 words2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 23, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Sarah Hermes Griesbach|”Florian, Now Gray”
Non-fiction2017-18LITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 23, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essaay||Barbara Ridley|”A Tiny Little Historical Mystery”
Non-fictionPersonal essay to 1000 words2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 23, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF||Kathy Gibbons|”Mopping Up”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Flash Essay (to 1000 words)LITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 22, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Jose Enrique Medina|”The Underwear Models’ Convention”
Non-fictionEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 22, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Personal Essay||Alice Lowe|”Quirky: Strange but Cool”
Non-fiction2017-18LITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 22, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Mary Lide|”(carry)”
Non-fiction2017-18LITERARY ARTSOtherEssay, Personal
December 22, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Lyric Essay||Mary Leoson, M.S., M.A.|”In Search of Eve:|A Lyrical Essay about the Maternal Line”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 22, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning||Susan L. Leary|”That’s the Wonder of It: On the Debate of ‘Does Poetry Matter?’”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 22, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Kat Kiefer-Newman|”Studio Time”
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 21, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Personal Essay/Memoir||Richard Holeton|”March Madness, 1974″
Non-fictionCNF/MemoirEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 21, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||John Hearn|”Francis”
Non-fiction2019 archiveLITERARY ARTSEssay, PersonalCNF/Memoir
December 21, 2019
Flash Discourse: CNF|Kit Carlson|”What Sadie Knew”
Non-fiction2017-18LITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Essay, PersonalFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 20, 2019
Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Personal Essay||Andrew Coombs|”Artefacts”
Non-fiction2017-18LITERARY ARTSFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Flash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)
December 20, 2019