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Eastern Iowa
Joined January 2019
Backchannels is a literary and art journal that invites artists and writers to submit original work for consideration for publication. We are committed to providing a unique route for writing and art publishing while encouraging artists interact with each other’s work.
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Check out our all fiction edition, featuring prize winners from our first annual fiction contest! backchannelsjournal.net instagram.com/p/CoTL7ZnMRJy/…
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Submissions are now OPEN, May 5-June 5. If you are part of the LGBTQ+ community, please submit! Our June issue will celebrate Pride Month! instagram.com/p/CdTOsWsuxZr/…
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Check out "Mrs. Tewson Says" by James W. Morris in our latest issue. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
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Read Paul Ilechko's poem, "Low End of the Dance" in our latest issue. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
Read Todd Mercer's poem, "The Vanishing Routine" in our latest issue. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
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Read Foster Trecost's story "Ceilings Don't Get Dirty" in our latest issue. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
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Check out Peycho Kanev's poem "It is Time" in our latest issue. It begins: Time is moving and soon will arrive at its funeral. Where did the future days go?
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Check out 2 poems in our latest issue by Tim Suermondt: "The Orange Line" "We Do More Than Jog Here" backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
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Read Sarah Shapiro's poem, "Honey and Home" in our latest issue. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
Read John Andreini's story "The City That Silver Built" in our latest issue. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
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“A startling array of color rainbows out across the plateau, racing headlong point to point…” - W. Colin McKay Read his poem, “Morning Drive,” and more in our Winter 2022 issue—out now! flipsnack.com/remingtonrevie… #litmag #poetry #poems #poemsdaily #poets #writing #writers
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Backchannels Journal retweeted
“You are flying. Your feet kick out, disappear into sky. The clouds move.” - Hannah Jane Weber Read her poem, “Kicking Clouds,” and more in our Winter 2022 issue—out now! flipsnack.com/remingtonrevie… #litmag #poetry #poems #poemsdaily #poets #writing #writers #literary #swinging
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Backchannels Journal retweeted
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Read Sheila Murphy's poem "French Horn" in our latest issue. It begins: The mouthpiece matched her modesty. You could feel her meld of confidence with hesitation as she pressed the tiny metal to her lips to form a tone as mellow as a faun. backchannelsjournal.net/edit…
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