In this summer issue of Kaleidoscope, we have personal essays, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, a book review, a dance feature, and information regarding the release of the documentary film Fierce Love and Art. Featured essay by Kimberly Roblin. … [Continue reading] about NewPages Mag Stand: Kaleidoscope
In this issue, now at the Mag Stand, Jesse Graves delves into that complicated space where family connects with history and place in three poems that begin with “An Exile.” Ace Boggess tells the story of the winding road the carries eight men to a … [Continue reading] about NewPages Mag Stand: Cutleaf
If you've ever wondered which lit mags have the largest Twitter followings, Brecht De Poortere has you covered. On the writer's website is a ranking of 500 literary journals with the highest Twitter follower counts. Being published by these ranked … [Continue reading] about A Little Bird Told Me about Lit Mags
Deadline: September 1, 2021 Event Dates: October 13-17, 2021 Event Location: Lodge at Whitehawk Ranch in the Lost Sierras near Clio, California A generative and restorative writing retreat at the Lodge at Whitehawk Ranch in California facilitated … [Continue reading] about Event :: September 1 Deadline to Register for Lost Sierras Writing Retreat
Magazine Review by Katy Haas Rage Hezekiah has three poems in the Summer 2021 issue of Colorado Review. Of these, "Not For Us" stuck out to me the most, visually grabbing my attention as I paged through the issue. "Not For Us" is an erasure of … [Continue reading] about “Not For Us”
Galileo Press, the book publishing arm of literary magazine Free State Review has released a new chapbook from writer and filmmaker Tara Stillions Whitehead, Blood Histories. This is a fiction, poetry, hybrid chapbook. What the book trailer and … [Continue reading] about Galileo Press Releases Blood Histories
Next week is the final week of July. Hard to believe, isn't it? August will come and it's back to school time whether you're starting a graduate program or undergraduate one or have kids who are heading back. While preparing for the back-to-school … [Continue reading] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: July 23, 2021
Translator Frances Riddle sits down to interview Argentine author Claudia Piñeiro about her writing life and new book, Elena Knows (Charco Press, July 2021). Piñeiro talks about how she believes writing came formatted in her DNA as she felt the need … [Continue reading] about Frances Riddle Interviews Claudia Piñeiro
Literary magazine StoryQuarterly has decided to do something new - general nonfiction and fiction reading periods versus running multiple contests. This year on July 31, they will begin accepting nonfiction submissions via Submittable. This … [Continue reading] about StoryQuarterly Reopens to General Nonfiction Submissions July 31
Guest Post by Natalie Hess. This sequel to Strange the Dreamer was absolutely phenomenal. It picks up right where the first book leaves off as Minya tries to force Lazlo to do her bidding, with the threat of releasing Sarai’s soul and letting her … [Continue reading] about The End of a Breathtaking Duology
Are you taking advantage of summer downtime by getting some reading done? At this month's Book Stand, we have more books to add to your "to-read" list, including five featured titles. The prose poems in Ariadne Awakens: Instructions for the … [Continue reading] about NewPages Book Stand – July 2021