The Turning Leaf Journal
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A journal for CNF, Poetry & Art on the edge of change 🌿Subs open for book reviews & craft essays🌿
Joined January 2024
Today’s feature is an excerpt from Nancy L. Penrose’s essay, “In a Labyrinth, Time is Suspended.”. Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here We commission at least 1 original piece of artwork/issue & worked with Artist Anita Eralie Schley to create this one
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Dawson’s poem, “Whale Song”. Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain by Rudy Pozzatti.
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The summer 2025 Leaflet is now available! . Join us in the conversation 🧵: .How do you find inspiration from art? If you try your hand at ekphrastic writing, share it with us! We'd love to read it. Link Here:
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from Kaavya Butaney’s poem, “Tangerines”. Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork titled “Tangerine Sugar,” by Benjamin Schonzeit. Used with permission from Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum.
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from Christina Lee’s essay, “Wrong Fruit.”. Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Composition,” Serge Poliakoff.
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from @PattySomlo's essay, “Trusting Water to Hold Me.” . Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “The Derelict” or “The Lost Boat,” Arthur Wesley Dow.
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from Anna Nygren’s poem, “fish calendar.”. Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Fish Series, No.6,” Charles Demuth.
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from @AdLibby1's poem, “A Moon by Any Other Name.". Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight,” Georges Seurat.
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Today’s feature is an excerpt from Shannon Mulvey’s essay, “Christmas Dinner.” . Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Paper Plates,” by Helen Torr.
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We begin features from Volume 2, Issue 1 with this heart wrenching poem from Kelsy Bellah, “I stopped admiring the sky.”. Read this poem & the rest of V2.1 here: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain.
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Proof that you should never stop submitting! We're so grateful to have Suze's work amongst the rest of our incredible contributors in V21.! . Read it here
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Issue Cover Artwork: “les absents” by Cécile Gonneau Letter From the Editor Dear Reader,Few things bring me greater joy than when I get to spend time with makers, making things with the…
it took 13 rejections, five major revisions, and 3 titles for SELFISH GIRL to find her perfect form&home. 'worth it,' in the words of my mother. thank you to @theturning_leaf for opening your arms, and also @lowermelody for his accompanying collage - what a perfect pair.
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It’s here! Volume 2, Issue 1 is now available. We’re so excited to share this with you. This gorgeous cover artwork is from Cécile Gonneau. The piece is titled “les absents (the missing).”. Read the whole issue here:
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Our EIC will be sharing more about these numbers in the editor's letter prefacing the issue. If there's anything else you'd like to see us publicize, send us a DM or an email.
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We're just a few days away from the release of Volume 2, Issue 1! Please share congratulate our contributors--we're so grateful and excited to publish their work! 🌿. As always, we're committed to transparency and are making all of our numbers public (slide 2).
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For everyone who submitted work for Volume 2, Issue 1: all of our decisions have been sent out! If you have not received a response from us, please reach out!.
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Submissions are officially closed for Volume 2, Issue 1. Thank you to everyone who sent us work! All responses will be sent out by May 18th. We remain open (on a rolling basis) to submissions of craft essays and book reviews ↓.
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Today (May 1st) is the final day to send us submissions for Volume 2, Issue 1! We especially want more artwork. All responses will be sent out no later than May 18th (but likely much sooner).
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Submissions close TOMORROW! We'd especially love more art <3.
Only two weeks left to submit! We're so eager to read your work (we pinky promise to respond to you quickly--averaging 17 days right now!). Find out how & what to submit here:
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Only two weeks left to submit! We're so eager to read your work (we pinky promise to respond to you quickly--averaging 17 days right now!). Find out how & what to submit here:
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The digital zine, and a printable PDF download, are available on our website!. Submissions for craft essays and book reviews are now OPEN (and will stay open on a rolling basis!). More details here:
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Leaflet Submissions are Open! The Turning Leaflets project is a quarterly zine containing created through collaboration between TTLJ staff and members from the writing community. Submissions a…
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