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The New Verse News Seeks Current Events Poetry

Deadline: Year-round

Since 2005, The New Verse News has covered the news of the day with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies …

Feminist Horror Magazine Bloodletter seeks Submissions for Issue Three: Hysteria

Deadline: May 7, 2024

Bloodletter is a feminist horror magazine showcasing personal and analytical perspectives on the horrific by women, trans, and non-binary writers. At Bloodletter, the definition of horror …

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New Lit on the Block :: Shadowplay

A new print publication from the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Arkansas – Monticello.
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Book Review of James by Percival Everett

Everett reimagines ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ in which Jim becomes James, “a man who makes his own decisions and lives with the consequences.”

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