As the Trump administration slashes arts and culture funding, Chicago-based IFF has awarded $3 million to more than 70 local groups, including Lucky Jefferson, Albany Park Theater Project and Kuumba Lynx.

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth! Pick your next reads from our 2025 reading list of indie presses & lit mags, including @SundressPub, @SoutheastReview, @_luckyjefferson, @NERweb, @LilithMagazine, @pocketsmag, @ANMLY_LIT, @Sinister_Wisdom, @wwborders & more:

I don't care what anyone says. I was in love with the em dash long before it became associated with AI and you will not pry it from my cold, dead fingers. fight me.

Attention literary nonfiction writers! The Cincinnati Review is having a popup submission period RIGHT NOW for literary nonfiction ONLY. Polish your best essay and send it to us today! The window closes April 9. Link to submissions page in comments.

EDITORS: There's a white cis man, Jasper Ceylon, pretending to be a host of marginalized individuals in order to get published as them. He thinks it makes him clever and is trying to prove that publications will print anything as long as it comes from a marginalized person. 1/

Art is inherently human. Creativity is a human skill--to dream and create with your essence. While I understand wanting to subcontract it to a machine for lack of skill, It must never be confused for art--It's not. And can never be.

The worst part of lit mag work is sending decline letters. We know how much it stings because everyone on our staff has faced lots of rejection too. It's part of the artist life. Please know that we read each submission with love & care & gratitude.

Would you rather learn that your submission was not accepted…

Mondays are best for….lounging in bed and thinking about how much poetry we could be writing

You are not necessarily a bad writer. You are just scared of writing it bad. Yet, the good writing you desire is also the bad writing you must write. Bad writing is your baptism. Notice the number of times good and bad appear here.

we can't even have libraries???

#FF Happy Friday! Shout out to these magazines 💜 @miniMAG_lit @YalobushaReview @_luckyjefferson @belfastreview @DukDukMongoose @gonelawn @dishsoapquart @frazzledlitmag @BLEATINGTHING @stonecirclerev @River_Heron @ParanoidxTree @berlinlit @TrashCatLit @trampset

If #NationalPoetryMonth caught you by surprise this year, click the link for FREEE virtual programs that’ll make celebrating easier: https://t.co/LJGBW7ONfB

Either our feed’s broken or there’s not enough noise for #NationalPoetryMonth! We’ve got a few cool and very FREE virtual writing workshops scheduled for you next month. From breaking form through speculative writing, to braving those big and scary emotions, to using the

There's no substitute for just sitting down and writing. No amount of tips or guidebooks can replace the importance of just opening up your document and typing. If you do that, you'll improve. If you don't, nothing can really help you.

I just got my first poetry acceptance since 8/31/21 💖

Last year, at 43 years old, I returned to the writing/publishing dreams I abandoned in my 20s. I queried a book about a main character in her 40s, and received three offers of rep in under a month. Do not let anyone convince you that it’s “too late” and you “missed your chance”.

My first submittable acceptance. I'm still going...

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some lovely publications to support 💗 @dishsoapquart @WildWillowMag @TheBKMagazine @_luckyjefferson @fifthwheelpress @mosspuppymag @beestungmag @AothenMagazine @fahmidanjournal @CinnabarMothPub

#FF Happy Black History Month! Here are some lit mags that are Black-led and making current history. Give some ❤️ and a follow: @_luckyjefferson @africanvoices @AfrihillPress @AfWriterMag @brownsugarlit @CinnabarMothPub @consciomag @fahmidanjournal @FieryScribeMag Continues ⬇️