Think summer. Think dry fields, sticky clothes, diesel exhaust on city streets. Think exhaustion & strength. Think frustration & courage. Think bulldozing social norms. Think Barren Magazine. Submit here 👇🏽. https://t.co/wwwlzTM4S9 🌓

Issue 18 'Idle Reveries' is LIVE. Hug a stranger. Tell a friend. It's beautiful, fam. Thank you to EVERYONE involved. #barrenmagazine #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #photography #fiction #cnf https://t.co/4v5l6yg3pk 🌓

Friends! We are hiring a Social Media Director to run our social media accounts & marketing campaigns. If you or someone you know might be interested, please see the volunteer position description & fill out the application form at the link below! 💜 https://t.co/rSAKYpCoHY🌓

ANNOUNCEMENT: We are SO excited to welcome our new lead Poetry Editor — four-time Pushcart Prize nominee & author of Black River Chapbook Winning collection ‘at first & then’, Danielle Rose (@danirosepoet). Please join us in welcoming her! 🌓 https://t.co/pp3vzYtldL

Played around with graphics and came up with a cross-platform Barren logo idea for @BarrenMagazine, @_BarrenPress & @BarrenCollectiv. Thanks for the kind feedback! 💜

Coming soon.

Coming soon (for real this time). #indiepublishers #barrenpress #NewProfilePic

In honor & celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth we'll be showcasing a #writer a day in Feb. #1 Lydia Durunguma (@lydia_durunguma) 'Death is the Color White' 2018 #PushcartPrize nominated #flashfiction. “Your lips are a door, your mind is the key.” https://t.co/g1xVitZqg0 🌓

#BlackHistoryMonth celebration & showcase: Day 2: Aremu Adams Adebisi (@aremuadebisi_ ) 'Mother of Blood and Bone' 2019 Best of the Net nominated #poetry. “We asked mother how it felt being touched by a man she knew would not see the daylight." https://t.co/2xfaBKTKts🌓

Friends -- We are now accepting submissions for our Spring 2021 Issue! Send us your best #poetry, #fiction, #flashfiction, #cnf, & #photography. Subs close on 2/19 OR when genres reach caps. See https://t.co/QVZoi4M9yX for guidelines. #WritingCommnunity #submissions 🌓

We would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to our 2020 Pushcart Prize Nominees: @TeaFranco @suzannegrove @j_harriswrites @LoebDavon @aliner @williamwoolfitt It is an honor to house such riveting, brave, and significant work. #WritingCommunity @PushcartPrize 🌓

“Issue 17 ‘Chimera’ is our equivalent to a virtual concept album for 2020 — stark, illusory, suffocating. I’m in awe at the beauty within these pages. My 🖤 & 🙏🏽 to everyone who helped bring this to life.” — @JasonDRamsey, EiC Experience it 👇🏽. Share it. https://t.co/79NQkXwYDO

The latest offering @BarrenMagazine is a massive double issue full of rooftop whispers & shouts from every corner of the earth. We are all weary from #Unrest. Have a look into our world 👇🏽. https://t.co/UPCP11j378 #poetry #fiction #cnf #flashfiction #photographers #blm #RiseUp

WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! Issue 17 window is 9/1-10/1 for a late October release. Prompts: unorthodox sensational kinetic quixotic transcendent Send us your best #poetry, #fiction, #flashfiction, #cnf & #photography! See 👇 for details. https://t.co/QVZoi4M9yX 🌓

Fallow / Unrest is LIVE! We are honored and humbled to be able to showcase such rich talent. This is a leviathan issue. Together we will fight. https://t.co/4v5l6xYs0K #writingcommunity #poetry #fiction #flashfiction #cnf #photography #Unrest Tell the world. 🌓

Countries represented: Belarus, Canada, China, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Serbia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United States. Thx to all who submitted work. We ♥️ you all. #unrest🌓

Submissions for our UNREST issue will close on Sunday July 12 at 11:59pm EST! Send us your best #poetry, #flashfiction, #fiction, #cnf & #photography! Info 👇🏽. Spread the word. https://t.co/EKMM39ubyz 🌓

Help promote introspective art that celebrates inclusion & reflects on the diversity of life. Join our awesome crew as Social Media Director! UPDATED details 👇🏽. https://t.co/40NdXxUEQv 🌓 #litmag #volunteer #WritingCommunity

“Never underestimate a black man. We’ve killed more demons in self-defense than you can count, just for a chance to break even.” 🔥 #poetry by Adrian S. Potter from Issue 11. #photo by Brielle Epoh. https://t.co/A0opOvL54G #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity 🌓

Just so there’s no confusion, I released a statement on #BlackLivesMattter at @BarrenMagazine - do read. https://t.co/YsqRsafuQF