Category: Issue 3.1

Issue 3.1 is Live!

Addey Vaters

Thank you so much to the writers and artists who lent their work to our little corner of the internet. We are so proud to release our spring 2020 issue into the world!

We hope the words within the pages of issue 3.1 can bring you some solace in the midst of all that is going on in the world. While in many ways it seems like a crazy time to release a literary journal, we take solace ourselves in the fact that this issue might serve as a source of needed relief from the chaos outside.

To see issue 3.1 in all her glory, visit the store and snag yourself a copy. If you’d like to see a sneak preview of the journal, visit the “Current Issue” page.

Thanks again to all our wonderful contributors, readers, listeners, and fellow creatives working to make the world a more dazzling place. We wouldn’t be here without you.

Much Love,

the editors

Submissions Update

Amber Porter

The final selections for the journal have been chosen. We thank all who have submitted and hope you will continue to lend us your patience as we embark on the final stages of production.

Please watch out for emails coming your way from us very soon, as we editors have already jumped into editing.

All About Submissions for Issue 3.1

Nicole McConnell

If you’re thinking “Wow, they’re open for submissions already?  The fall issue just came out!” Then you would be right.  We’re thinking the same thing. But such is the life of a journal, and we can’t wait to start reading submissions for issue 3.1, which is un-themed and will come out in spring 2020.  That’s right—2020!

To get your creative juices flowing and give you at least a little bit of insight into what we are looking for, each of the editors has shared a quick summary below of what they hope to read in submissions for issue 3.1!

Fiction:

I’m looking for creative and gripping tales that will haunt the confines of my thoughts. 

Art: 

We are trying something different for art! For this next issue, there will not be an art section, but instead you can submit your art to be featured on our front and back cover! Any type of art can be submitted, though truly unique pieces that play with colors and shock us with how beautiful this world can be, and what people can create, is what will get you accepted.

Nonfiction:

True stories work when two things happen: they keep you wondering how the story is going to end and they make you think or feel (or both.) I want to read stories that have both of these things and that keep my attention to the end, spark my sense of wondering if the tale is real, and strike a place of sympathy—let me know how much the story wants me to care. Bring on the truth! 

Poetry:

With any un-themed issue, I’m never quite sure what I’m looking for.  With un-themed editions there really are no rules, which is what makes them exciting.  As always, I’m looking for work that is exciting to read.  Work that twists and turns as I read each word, and work that plays with the absurdity that language can be.  Give me your crazy poems, your somber poems, your sappy love poems, but make sure that there’s something unexpected contained within the lines on the page.

We hope this helps get you started—we can’t wait to read what you submit.  Happy writing!