XP ProseSpecial AnnouncementsCall for SubmissionsBUTTONHOOK PRESSSubmissionsExperimental (XP)ArtsFictionExperimentalNon-fictionLITERARY ARTSExperimental Discourse
September 17, 2023
Special Announcements|OPEN: JOURNAL of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||Buttonhook Press: Call for submissions||OPEN CALL for Chapbooks of Experimental Discourse
Call for SubmissionsExperimental (XP)ArtsExperimentalNon-fictionExperimental DiscourseXP ProseSpecial Announcements
September 17, 2023
Special Announcements|OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)||OPEN CALL for submissions|Experimental Discourse/XP fiction or nonfiction|to 2000 words
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
February 25, 2023
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction|Americana||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”
XP ProseFictionLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Featured ProjectExperimental Discourse
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”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP ProseEvents/Projects/CollaborationsFiction
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/CollaborationsFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
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”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP ProseEvents/Projects/CollaborationsFiction
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.”
Featured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP ProseFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalBUTTONHOOK PRESSDrama for stage or pageAvailable titlesLITERARY ARTSPamphlet SeriesFEATURED
December 4, 2020
Buttonhook Press|2020 Pamphlet Series|SPECIAL EDITION|Featured Series:Experimental Discourse (XP)|Double Flash to 2000 Words: Closet Drama|2020 theme: “Tranche de Vie” (Slice of Life)||Anthony Hamilton|”…are serious offenses, and…”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSProse Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseXP Prose
June 13, 2020
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Short Story||Jim Meirose|”Auxx-Coo the Computational Man – ALIVE!!!”
LITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP ProseFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Experimental
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)
Prose Discourse: Long forms (to 10,000 words)Experimental DiscourseXP ProseExperimentalNon-fictionInterviewProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
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)
Narrative poetryExperimental DiscourseXP ProseNon-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)Essay, PersonalPoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTS
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
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Book Review|Experimental Discourse||Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”A Review of Dinner with Father Dwyer,|an Experimental Novel by Jim Meirose”
LITERARY ARTSFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP ProseFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalNon-fictionEssay, CraftEssay, Personal
January 30, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”O:JA&L Celebrates Experimental Writing: A Foreword”
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:”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Rollin Jewett|”Swingtown Snake”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Emma Beard|”Her Return”
ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP ProseFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Kimberly Crafton|”Questioning the Silence”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Nelson Lowhim|”Journal of Truth”
Experimental DiscourseXP ProseFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Zeeshan Amit|”Wall People”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 18, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Shawn Anto|”Lessons on Constancy”
LITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveExperimental DiscourseXP ProsePoetryProse poetry
December 24, 2019
Featured Series: Prose Poetry|Jim Meirose| “In Mid Game”(XP)
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS2019 archiveExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
December 24, 2019
Experimental Discourse (XP): Fiction|Flash Fiction||Jim Meirose|”The Dad Anecdote”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionLITERARY ARTS2019 archiveExperimental DiscourseXP Prosebook or article review or close reading
December 24, 2019
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|WJP Newnham’s Experimental Work|”El Greco Rides Again”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prosebook or article review or close reading
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”
Experimental DiscourseXP ProseFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionBook ReviewLITERARY ARTS2019 archive
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Experimental Discourse|Review: Short Works||Jim Meirose|Review of W
December 24, 2019