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October 25, 2020
Buttonhook Press|2020 O:JA&L Chapbook Series|Pamelyn Casto|”Flash Fiction: A Primer”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
October 23, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”List Stories: Lists of the Literary Kind”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativePortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 18, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio|Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Atar Hadari|”Colin Wilson”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativePortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 18, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio|Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Atar Hadari|”Winter Weather”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativePortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 18, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio|Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Atar Hadari|”The Ballad of Stan and Ollie”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativePortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 16, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio|Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Atar Hadari|”Tony Soprano’s Son-in Law (Ed Vassalo)”
PoetryLyricNarrativePortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTS
October 15, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio|Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Atar Hadari|”Last of the Gallants”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
October 14, 2020
Flash Discourse|Featured Series: Half Flash|2020 theme: “Epiphany”|Tavia Allan|”We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking.”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Emily Jacko|”A Harsh Environment for Our Nature”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Emily Jacko|”Her Garden”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
October 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Emily Jacko|”My First Portrait”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
October 13, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Aiden Heung|”This Very Moment”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
October 13, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Aiden Heung|”Flute”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
October 12, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Tyrel Kessinger|”the trees hear”
ArtsLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
October 5, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual Call for Themed Submissions|Prose Discourse/Flash Discourse|Double Flash|2020 Theme: “Naturalism: Tranche de Vie”
Mixed FormsOtherLITERARY ARTS
October 4, 2020
Mixed Forms: Tanka Prose|Kala Ramesh|”Lens”
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October 2, 2020
Buttonhook Press|2020 Broadside Series|Laurinda Lind/Thelma Pott|”Later Forms/Scars on the Land” (A Collaboration)
LITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
October 1, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual Call for Themed Submissions|Prose Discourse|Experimental Discourse (XP) to 2000 Words|2020 theme: “Tranche de Vie” (Slice of Life)
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
September 29, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Judy DeCroce|”Walking On”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
September 28, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Judy DeCroce|”Bearing Witness”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
September 26, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Autumn Bernhardt|”Ikto’mi and the Duck”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
September 23, 2020
Mixed Forms: Haibun|Shalini Pattabiraman|”The Making of a Woman”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
September 21, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Yasunari Kawabata’s|’Love Suicides'”
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September 21, 2020
Buttonhook Press|2020 Pamphlet Series|Jeff Streeby|”Revelation: Teplovo Estate”
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September 21, 2020
Buttonhook Press|2020 O:JA&L Chapbook Series| Jeff Streeby|”Horse: 4 Frames”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
September 19, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Matthew James Babcock|”I Realized Today”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
September 19, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Ava Galbraith|”Over the Edge”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
September 18, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|S. Ellis|”Inscrutable Totems”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
September 16, 2020
Prose Discourse: Short Story|Mike Murray|”Salton Sea”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
September 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Kathleen Hellen|”the lesser questions of magdalen”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
September 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”|Kathleen Hellen|”she can never altogether sink”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
September 12, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|E.D. Watson|”Expecting”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSbook or article review or close reading
September 2, 2020
Book Review|Contributing Editor Nureni Ibrahim|A Review of Tolu Akinyemi’s|”I Laugh at these Skinny Girls”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
August 31, 2020
Prose Discourse: Short Story|Don L. Robishaw|”Bad Paper”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
August 31, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Carolyn Martin|”An Amateur Photographer Reads|Szymborska’s ‘No Title Required’”
TravelEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionEssay, PersonalTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDPersonal essay to 1000 words
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
ArtsSTUDIO ARTSPainting and DrawingSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
August 27, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual call for themed submissions|Studio Arts: Painting & drawing|Pastels or charcoal on paper/other|2020 theme: “Naturalism: Tranche de Vie”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
August 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Rodney Nelson|”A Round of Mast”
ArtsPoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
August 24, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual call for themed submissions|Poetry: All forms & styles|Prose Poetry|2020 theme: “A Lover’s Complaint”
TravelEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionEssay, PersonalTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDPersonal essay to 1000 words
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”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”making” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”evening rush hour” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”cherry blossoms” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”clear sky” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”third-day moon” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”pilgrim town” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”orchard breeze” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 11, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”spring dusk” (Haiku)
TravelEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionEssay, PersonalTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDPersonal essay to 1000 words
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”
UncategorizedTravelNon-fictionEssay, PersonalTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSPersonal essay to 1000 words
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”
TravelEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDPersonal essay to 1000 words
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”
TravelEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionInterviewTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDPersonal essay to 1000 words
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”
TravelEvents/Projects/CollaborationsNon-fictionTravel Writing/Literary TourismLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDPersonal essay to 1000 words
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”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 6, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Srinivas S|”Meditation” (haiku)
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
August 6, 2020
Featured Series: Works by Members|of the Two-Year College Caucus at AWP|Poetry: All forms & styles|2YC Member Richard Jeffrey Newman|”#24″|From a sequence entitled|“This Sentence Is A Metaphor for Bridge.”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
August 4, 2020
Prose Discourse: Short Story|Anne Whitehouse|”The Faith Healer”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 3, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|CarrieAnn Thunell|”so much garden” (haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 3, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|CarrieAnn Thunell|”scent of rain—” (haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 3, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|CarrieAnn Thunell|”oolong tea for winter’s chill” (haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
August 3, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|CarrieAnn Thunell|”deepening shadows–” (haiku)
Mixed FormsOtherLITERARY ARTS
August 2, 2020
Mixed Forms: Experimental Poetry (XP)|Radoslav Rochallyi|”so quietly ≠ so noiselessly”
Mixed FormsOtherLITERARY ARTS
August 2, 2020
Mixed Forms: Experimental Poetry (XP)|Radoslav Rochallyi|”πing”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingBook ReviewLITERARY ARTSbook or article review or close reading
August 1, 2020
Book Review|Contributing Editor Alex Andy Phuong|A Review of And Yes She Was, a novel by Tsipi Keller
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
July 31, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Mary M. Brown|”Bouquet, astilbe & rue”
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”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 30, 2020
Flash Discourse|Featured Series: Half Flash|2020 theme: “Epiphany”|Mary Byrne|”If love of mine could lure you back to me”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
July 28, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Renée Elizabeth Clarke|”Blue”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
July 28, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Jessica Renee Dawson|”rushing waters” (Haiku)
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
July 27, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Augusto Monterroso’s|’The Eclipse’”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
July 27, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Adeeko Ibukun|”Noah’s Ark”
Non-fictionInterviewLITERARY ARTS
July 26, 2020
Special Feature|Janis Butler Holm|”An Interview with Multigenre Author Lucy Wang”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
July 23, 2020
Flash Discourse|Featured Series: SuperFlash||2020 theme: “Nocturne”|Hermione Laake|”Pink Shirt”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
July 23, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Satch Dobrey|”A Drunken Toast”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
July 22, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|James Miller|”Red Letter”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
July 18, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF/Memoir/Vignette|Diane Finlayson|”No Cover”
THEATER ARTSScreen writing
July 17, 2020
Theater Arts: Screenwriting|Richard John Miller|”Amati”
ArtsSTUDIO ARTSPrintmaking and LithographySpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
July 15, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual call for themed submissions|Studio Arts: Printmaking|Woodblock prints, linocuts, lithographs, engravings|2020 Theme: “Landscape with ruins”
PERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Oral Interpretation/Spoken Word
July 14, 2020
Performance Arts|Poetry-in-Performance|Mercury-Marvin Sunderland|”Split in Janus’ Image”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 9, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Jacqueline Jules|”Shaggy New Species”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
July 8, 2020
Featured Series: Works by Members|of the Two-Year College Caucus at AWP|Poetry: All forms & styles|2YC Member Ken Letko|”Bright Angel”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 8, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|David Capps|”For Konstantinos Katsifas”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
July 5, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Benjamin Goluboff|”Emmy Andriesse Photographs the Star”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
July 5, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Benjamin Goluboff|”Emmy Andriesse Photographs the Hunger Winter, Amsterdam, 1944-1945″
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 5, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured series: Narrative poetry|2020 theme: “A Long Obedience”|Roger Camp|”Twenty-one thousand and one nights”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Dramatic Monologue in Blank Verse|2020 theme: “Poor Excuses”|Afroze Fatima Zaidi|”In Neez Bogzarad”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Dramatic Monologue in Blank Verse|2020 theme: “Poor Excuses”|Brian A. Salmons|”Orphan Negative”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
July 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured series: Narrative poetry|2020 theme: “A Long Obedience”|Antoni Ooto|”Come Full Moon”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
July 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Cal Freeman|”The Treacle and the Trace”
ArtsLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
July 3, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual call for themed submissions|Flash Discourse|Half Flash|2020 theme: “Epiphany”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
July 3, 2020
Mixed forms: Haibun|Jennifer Hambrick|”Green”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
July 3, 2020
Mixed forms: Haibun|Jennifer Hambrick|”Virgin”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
July 3, 2020
Mixed forms: Haibun|Jennifer Hambrick|”Footloose”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
July 2, 2020
Mixed forms: Haibun|Alexis Rotella|”Small Town on a Hot Day”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
July 2, 2020
Mixed forms: Haibun|Alexis Rotella|”Control Freak”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
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’”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 18, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Elizabeth Moura|”Reunion”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
June 17, 2020
Flash Discourse|Featured Series: SuperFlash||2020 theme: “Nocturne”|Anne Gresham|”Nocturne in the Key of 1997”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
June 14, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROSE POETRY ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
June 14, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Bill Capossere|”The Waiter Museum”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
June 14, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Bill Capossere|”The Museum of Tears”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
June 14, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Bill Capossere|”The Map Museum”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)LITERARY ARTSExperimentalExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
June 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Experimental Fiction|Jim Meirose|”Auxx-Coo the Computational Man – ALIVE!!!”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingLITERARY ARTSClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
June 13, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Dino Buzzati’s ‘The Falling Girl'”
ArtsLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
June 11, 2020
Special Announcements|Annual call for themed submissions|Poetry: All forms & styles|Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant” or “Cultural Icon”
PoetryNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
June 8, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Ed Meek|”The Price of Heat”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 7, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”the stars” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 7, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”whispered prayers” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 7, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”a sparrow” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 5, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”river surface” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”foggy morning” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”old graveyard” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”abandoned farm” (Haiku)
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Dramatic Monologue in Blank Verse|2020 theme: “Poor Excuses”|Richard Widerkehr|”The Missing War: This Armed Ghost Speaks to His Son”
PoetryNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
June 3, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|David M. Alper|”Preserved Words”
PoetryNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
June 3, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Sebastian Santiago|”At Buckhorn Lake”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
June 3, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Nick Olson|”Clouds of Static”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
June 3, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Carolina Ixta Navarro-Gutiérrez|”Sideshow!”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 3, 2020
Mixed forms|Featured Series: Haibun|2020 theme: “The Sacredness of Common Things”|B.A. France|”Foxtrot”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 2, 2020
Flash Discourse|Featured Series: MicroFlash|2020 theme: “Aubade”|Gerard Sarnat|”Aubade”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 1, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”evening sky” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 1, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”thunderstorm over” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 1, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”graveyard visit” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
June 1, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Keckler|”Spring Crocus” (Haiku)
Mixed FormsOtherLITERARY ARTS
May 28, 2020
Mixed forms|Featured Series: Tanka Prose|2020 theme: “The Sacredness of Common Things”|Anna Cates|”2020”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalExperimentalLITERARY ARTS
May 27, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|David Capps|”Menoeceus’ Letter to Epicurus”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
May 27, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Elizabeth Enochs|”Water Baptism”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
May 27, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Don Niederfrank|”Rug”
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'”
Mixed FormsOtherLITERARY ARTS
May 19, 2020
Mixed Forms: Tanka Prose|Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri|”Wednesday.April.”
Performance ArtistsNon-fictionInterviewPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)MusicOral Interpretation/Spoken WordOtherFEATURED
May 19, 2020
Featured Performance Artist Funke Awodiya|Interview|”Contributing Editor Adekunle Adewunmi|talks with Nigerian performance poet Funke Awodiya”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|D.S. Maolalai|”Some things that happen”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Michael Lauchlan|”Winter Groceries”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Michael Lauchlan|”Knapsack”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Michael Lauchlan|”Dinner”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Michael Lauchlan|”The Rain Insinuates Itself”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 10, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Vikram Masson|”Meera”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 10, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Vikram Masson|”Jacob the Christian”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 9, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Stephen Barile|”Ghosts of Tulare Lake”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 9, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Stephen Barile|”The Roundhouse”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
May 9, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Stephen Barile|”Ancient Campfires”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
April 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”Kristallnacht, 1938: Night of Shattered Glass”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
April 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”When We Send My Sister Birkenstocks,|She Gives Them Away”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
April 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”Sun Shower”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
April 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Peter “Pedro” Brown Hoffmeister|”Fairy Tales for Terrified Children”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
April 22, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Mark J. Mitchell|”Small Pi Poem”
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”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
April 21, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Coleman Bomar|”Six Feet”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
April 21, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|M. Shayne Bell|”midnight on the front steps . . .” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
April 21, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|M. Shayne Bell|”Georgia O’Keeffe museum…” (Haiku)
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
April 21, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Bill Wilkinson|”Lost in the Undertow”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
April 17, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|David Howard|”The Last Word”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
April 16, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Steve Brightman|”On the Day in Which My Ligaments Crumble with Grief for My Brother”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
April 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Samn Stockwell|”Sound in February”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
April 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Samn Stockwell|”Late Pastoral”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
April 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Samn Stockwell|”Comparative Pastoral”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
April 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public servant or Cultural Icon”|Dmitry Blizniuk|”The Epoch of Miracles”
PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTS
April 15, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|John Dorroh|”Vector Analysis”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Mixed FormsOtherLITERARY ARTS
April 15, 2020
Mixed Forms: Prosimetrum|Charles Tarlton|”Simpler Than Truth”
ArtsSTUDIO ARTSFine Art PhotographyMixed MediaPainting and DrawingPrintmaking and LithographySpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
April 14, 2020
Special Announcements|2020 Calls for Themed Submissions|All Studio Arts
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
April 14, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Hermione Wilds|”Consumption”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
April 14, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Hermione Wilds|”The Narrative”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
April 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Stephanie Parent|”Arachnida”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
April 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF/Memoir|Selena Wade|”Don’t Fuck with Mother Nature”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
April 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF/Memoir|Meghan Faszholz|”How to Knit”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
April 12, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Flash Fiction|Jim Meirose|”The Largest Lady in the World”
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'”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
April 4, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Erin Wilson|”Rarity Keeps the Raven at Bay”
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″
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
March 28, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Efe Ogufere|”Train Ride to Kaltungo” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 28, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Laurinda Lind|”Later Forms”
Non-fictionFlash CNF/Memoir (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS
March 28, 2020
Flash Discourse: CNF/Memoir|Micah Thorp|”The Fourth Horseman”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 20, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Kelli Allen|”A decapitated moon”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 20, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Katherine Fallon|”Dianna, Sunrise Ranch”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
March 20, 2020
Mixed Forms: Haibun|Anna Cates|”After Gloaming”
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
March 18, 2020
Featured Writer Parsh Tiwari|An Essay on Craft|”Haibun Uncaged”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 16, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”Two December Mornings”
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)
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
March 11, 2020
Prose Discourse: Short Story|J.D. Scrimgeour|”Say ‘Hi’ to Your Dad”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
March 11, 2020
Prose Discourse: Short Story|Jane Snyder|”Daddy Hates Jello”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 10, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Jason Dean Arnold|”The danger of trying”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 10, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Jason Dean Arnold|”Little Soul (after W. S. Merwin)”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 10, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Jason Dean Arnold|”Evening Commute”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
March 10, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Jason Dean Arnold|”A General Pattern of Missingness”
PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTS
February 28, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Doreski|”Drone Attack”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 26, 2020
Featured Writer Erik Harper Klass|Prose Discourse: Short Story|”City as Museum (Turkish 1)”
FictionShort Story (to 10,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 26, 2020
Prose Discourse: Short Story|Hermione Laake|”Black Ink and Anxiety”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|John Repp|”Bitter”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
February 25, 2020
Experimental Discourse: Flash Fiction|J. Ray Paradiso|”Follow-Up Question” (XP)
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Laurel Miram|”At the Bus Stop, After”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Mark A. Murphy|”Boy Bitten by a Lizard”
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Cullen|”vacant farm” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Cullen|”dust motes rising” (Haiku)
PoetryLyricLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Cullen|”dusk on the solstice” (Haiku)
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Diane D. Gillette|”Rotten Apple”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Diane D. Gillette|”Affair”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS
February 25, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Douglas Favero|”Kokanee”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|Poetry|”Exhausted|by More Than Just Tears and Empty Ice Cube Trays,|the Human Addresses the Alien’s Water Experiments”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|Poetry|”Victim:”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|Poetry|”Jealousy and Greed Are Green|or|The Alien Tries to Explain his Flat Temper”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|Poetry|”Much of the Universe’s”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeFEATURED
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|Poetry|”The Alien Takes the Human’s Tears”
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'”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSTranslation
February 21, 2020
Contributing Editor Jorge Sarabia Martinez|Featured Series of Translations|Bulgarian poetry to Spanish|”Peyo Yavorov|’Dos bellos ojos'”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSTranslation
February 20, 2020
Contributing Editor Jorge Sarabia Martinez|Featured Series of Translations:|Bulgarian poetry to Spanish|”Pencho Slaveikov|’sueño para la felicidad'”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSTranslation
February 20, 2020
Contributing Editor Jorge Sarabia Martínez|Featured Series of Translations:|Bulgarian poetry to Spanish|”Dimcho Debélianov|’Guardaré la primera carta'”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
February 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Laura Potts|”Photographs”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS
February 14, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Anne Whitehouse|”Pauline Pfeiffer’s Folly”
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”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
February 13, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Joseph Hutchison|”A Real Comedian”
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”
STUDIO ARTSFine Art PhotographyPortfolio Spotlight
February 12, 2020
Artist Portfolio Spotlight: Marie Dashkova|Fine Art Photography|”Sensations and Moods”
STUDIO ARTSFine Art PhotographyPortfolio Spotlight
February 12, 2020
Artist Portfolio Spotlight: Matheus Barreto|Fine Art Photography|”The Bozorio Project”
THEATER ARTSDrama for stage or page2019 archive
February 11, 2020
Drama for Page or Stage|Shamar English|”Amy” (A play in one act)
THEATER ARTSScreen writing
February 10, 2020
Screen Writing: Series Pilot Episode|Rane J. Kocan and Ruth Choudhury|”Celebrity Hall Pass”
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”
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”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS2019 archive
February 6, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Evan Guilford-Blake|”Letting Go”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)LITERARY ARTS2019 archive
February 6, 2020
Flash Discourse: Fiction|Evan Guilford-Blake|”Like You Were the Blues”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS2019 archive
February 5, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|William Ellis|”Lost”
ArtsLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
February 5, 2020
Special Announcements|2019/20 Special Call for Submissions|”Frontline Combat Memoir or CNF”
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”
ArtsSpecial AnnouncementsCall for Submissions
February 5, 2020
Special Announcements|2020 Calls for Themed Submissions|Poetry and Prose|New 2020 Deadlines
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”
WritersPoetryLyricLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetry
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Poetry|”Penitent”
WritersPoetryLyricLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetry
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Poetry|”Foolish (II)”
WritersPoetryLyricLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetry
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Poetry|”Foolish (1)”
WritersPoetryLyricLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetry
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Poetry|”Morning Devotional”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Poetry|”If You Don’t Like What You See, Turn”
WritersPoetryLyricLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetry
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|Poetry|”Both”
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”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryPortfolio SpotlightMixed FormsHaibunPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSSpa-Sheila
January 30, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio: Sheila E. Murphy|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Here I Am”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryPortfolio SpotlightMixed FormsHaibunPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSSpa-Sheila
January 30, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio: Sheila E. Murphy|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Yes”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryPortfolio SpotlightMixed FormsHaibunPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSSpa-Sheila
January 30, 2020
Writer’s Portfolio: Sheila E. Murphy|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Salt of the Earth”
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”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”The language of the crows”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”Drinking moonshine in the middle of nowhere”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”How I earned 10 lei in second grade”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”At the edge of the world”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”There are two kinds of people in the world:|the ones who leave and the ones who stay”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”Get it while it lasts”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”The greatest musical of all time”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Poetry|”The moon, my brother, and I”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Scorched”
WritersNon-fictionInterviewPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|Interview|”Contributing Editor Vera Falenko|talks with Claudia Serea”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”The Poet Navigates by Stars”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Reading Poetry at a Café”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”The Perfumer”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Losing the River to a Lake”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Bite-sized Bullets”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 24, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Pareidolia”
PoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTS2017-18
January 24, 2020
Poetry: All forms & styles|Kim Goldberg|”Atlantis”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 24, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Owen Bullock|”Facts and Figures”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 24, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Anna Cates|”Question”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 24, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Colleen M. Farrelly|”Ditch Day”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Marc Frazier|”Devotion”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Robin Smith|”fragments with periods”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Robin Smith|”Carnival”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|R.J. Sobel|”The Shortcut”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18
January 23, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Fragments”
WritersMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18
January 23, 2020
Featured Writer Paresh Tiwari|Mixed Forms: Haibun|”Rag Dolls”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|David Joez Villaverde|”Issei Sagawa as Ouroboros”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Stella Pierides|”Seriously”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Stella Pierides|”Solace (a triptych)”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Autumn Noelle Hall|”Shadow Puppetry”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Roberta Beary|” Threading Cobwebs on the Upper West Side”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 23, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Bill Gottlieb|”Garbage Piece”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 22, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Lori Minor|”Crash-test”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 22, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Kala Ramesh|”peace of m.i.n.d.”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectSpa-Haibun
January 22, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Ray Rasmussen|”Eventide”
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”
Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSpa-Haibun
January 21, 2020
Featured Series: Haibun|Robin Anna Smith|”calving”
Events/Projects/CollaborationsPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
January 21, 2020
Featured Series: Works by Members|of the Two-Year College Caucus at AWP|Poetry: All forms & styles|2YC Member Lois Roma-Deeley|”Emily Dickinson Travels Between Two Points in Time”
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”
PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 20, 2020
Featured Series: Prose Poetry|Lisa Trudeau|”Emelia”
PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 20, 2020
Featured Series: Prose Poetry|Lisa Trudeau|”Dare Behind the Drapery”
PoetryProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 19, 2020
Featured Series: Prose Poetry|Lisa Trudeau|”A Dream Before the Hunt”
STUDIO ARTSPainting and DrawingPortfolio Spotlight
January 18, 2020
Artist Portfolio Spotlight: Alex Sobolta|Painting & drawing|Abstract Expressionism|With remarks by O:JA&L Art Director JL Jacobs
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”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Flash Fiction|”Darkness, Its Origin”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Flash Fiction|”Shoe”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Flash Fiction|”Doorknobs”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Flash Fiction|”Nose: A Story”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Flash Fiction|”The Midnight News”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)TraditionalLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Lorna Crozier|Flash Fiction|”Another Bear Story” (from Inventing the Hawk)
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”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
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”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
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”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”Reincarnate”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”Grease”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”Now I Lay Them Down to Sleep”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”Glimpse”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”The Sentinel”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”911″
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|Poetry|”Vessel”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|Poetry: All forms & styles|”Frida Kahlo Speaks to Ada Limón|about Bright Dead Things”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|Poetry: All forms & styles|”Everything moves in tune|with what the belly contains”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|Poetry|”For the Cessation of Cutting”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|Poetry: All forms & styles|”Renunciation”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|Poetry: All forms & styles|”The year of broth”
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”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer: Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Winter in Indiana & Mercy Dies”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer: Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Apotheosis”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer: Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Hellebore”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer: Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Mercy, Indiana”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer: Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Apocalypse”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”What We Keep Worth Dying For”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”spring”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”The Way to God Runs Through a Panic Attack”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Self Portrait with God at the End of the World”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”Rapture/Anxiety”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”A Tale Told in Whispers”
WritersPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”If I Tell You I Love A Woman”
WritersPoetryLyricLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetry
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|Poetry|”All Over, Dead Birds Are Falling from the Sky”
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, Craft