Hello poets and poetry lovers! It’s August already! It’s the last full month of summer. So much change is in the air. Friends are moving, starting new jobs, figuring out life post-graduation, post-program, making space for newness. As I’m moving…
What is the language of a fugitive? And who deems who someone marked by such a name? Through erasure, Smith moves through these questions, navigating what it means to be a woman, a body at odds with the state for…
In 1962, welterweight champion Emile Griffiths goes toe-to-toe with Benny “Kid” Paret in Madison Square Garden. The air is filled with salt and sweat and shouts as the fight roars on. Losing the fight, Kid called Emile a “fa**ot”. A…
New month, new courage: submit yourself to these fellowships, magazines, awards and internships. Remember, too, acceptances and rejections are by-products of this journey—crafting your authentic art is the goal. And as always, submit poetry for free to our New Voices.This…
read and download our 2021 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Kazim Ali
// by Abby Johnson //
read and download our 2020 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Carl Phillips
// by Frederick Speers //
read and download our 2019 Chapbook Contest winner
selected by Jericho Brown
// by Naima Tokunow //
read and download our 2018 Chapbook Contest winner
// by Xiao Yue Shan //