Write against the grain. A journal of new and innovative work published by MFA candidates at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Boulder, CO
Joined June 2010
A reminder that we are open for submissions for grant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. All eligible authors are welcome to submit during our application period which closes on December 31st, 2024!
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Writers! We are still open for submissions!! Send us your work and find our submission FAQ at pinchjournal.submittable.com… Submission deadlines- Sept 30 for Poetry, Oct 1 for Fiction, and Oct 31 for Nonfiction!
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Here’s “The First Day of Autumn” published in Timber Journal & in “Bad Mexican, Bad American” (Acre Books, 2024).
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IT’S HERE!!! LAUNCH DAY!!! A RAT WAS BORN TODAY!!! 🐀🖤
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Lyndsie never misses! Honored to have "The Dizzy Room" (@NightmareMag) included on this thoughtful list of genre-bending sci-fi tales 👾
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book promo @ the austin museum of ice cream spotted 👁️👁️🐀 do as the pic says, preorder here: gameoverbooks.com/store/p/a-…
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Wow?? My horror-is-an-ESL-game-you’re-forced-to-play story, “The Dizzy Room,” is a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction! Thank you @NightmareMag, @wnwagner, jurors, readers. And big congrats to all the nominees! shirleyjacksonawards.org/202…
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ratman is PHYSICAL now, i received my proof this week 👀🐀 t-minus three months to launch!! preorder your copy here! gameoverbooks.com/store/p/a-…
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‼️🚨 Hey you!! Yes, you!! There’s a little less than ONE WEEK to get your Neutrino Short-Short Prize in! @stephenfishbach is in dire need of your work!!
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I'll be among a panel of distinguished poets to give readings@ Poetry Matters, an initiative headed by Professor Miranda Brun Hickman, McGill University's Department of English later this month. To all the magazines that ever published and will feature my work, thanks🙏❤️
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My visual poem "The Zoo," featuring my grandparents, is the cover image for @TimberJournal’s issue. Please check it out, as well as some stunners by Isaiah Yonah Back-Gaal and Kurt David, Katherine Indermaur, Elise Thi Tran, and more. timberjournal.org/
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"You code a series of shapes in your sleep, slipknotting the base of a bunny’s ears to the wall." @evansquilliams up at @TimberJournal ❤️
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"Blades whirl in the knife thrower's head like sharp, wingless birds and carve through his doubt. Thud. Thud. Thud." Read @Will_Musgrove in @TimberJournal timberjournal.org/archive/th…
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📣 Calling all Black poets! The 2024 Cave Canem Fellowship Application is LIVE! Ready to take your poetry to new heights? Look no further! Join our vibrant community and unlock a world of opportunities. bit.ly/3ZACSvA
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San Francisco! In case you're thinking all the way out to October, I've got back-to-back shows in your always-feels-like-home city. Hope to see you!
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I realized that by devaluing humor, by striving to be a “serious writer,” a deadly serious person, I wasn’t taking myself seriously. —Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites) for the #Harriet blog. bit.ly/44XHFYQ
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Today is publication day for WHALE ARIA out from @FourWayBooks ! I can't believe it's finally out! It took a decade of work and research but here it is! For today I made a video of me reading "Boy with Baleen for Teeth" filmed by Corinne Hyde. vimeo.com/864663957?share=co…
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They say Scheherazade saved all women with storytelling I can’t even save myself before sunrise —Mona Kareem @monakareem #PoemADay poets.org/poem/masters-and-l…
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