News

November 2024

The Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize closed on Nov. 8. We are reading now.
Open Call in Creative Nonfiction entries have been judged. Amy will start notifications this month.
Open Call fiction are still in processing because there's more. We'll notify writers in November/December.
Fall 2024 issue - we are a few weeks from going to the publisher!
For anyone who purchased an ebook in June (and discovered that it started on page 24), we are working on your refund!
We are also working on some exciting changes for the new year!

Here's a summary of summary FY23-24:

Read over 500 total poems inc JBB and the open call, 110 pieces of fiction, 100 pieces of creative nonfiction = 710 + pieces of work read
Staff of 10 regular volunteers
Printed 2 anthologies (fall and spring)
The Spring '24 edition was the first ebook.
Received entries from 27 different states and 20 countries
Joy Bale Boone is the only contest with a fee; others are still free.

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