2026 Ekphrastic Poetry Contest: OPEN

Ekphrastic poetry is inspired by works of art. Submit a poem inspired by, in conversation with, critiquing, or responding to any poem we have published in any past issue. You might provide a new perspective, interpretation, or continuation of the other writer's themes, imagery, or language. One winner receives $200, a featured publication in a print issue, a uniquely designed physical and digital broadside of their poem, publicity on our social media channels, free contributor copies, and an optional interview.

Deadline
June 1, 2026

See full guidelines on Submittable.




2026 Nonfiction Writing Contest: OPEN

Submit nonfiction – critical, creative, experimental, or cross-genre – that fits our journal (we often favor writing about literature, art, culture, politics, ecology, love, the body, feminism, and/or queer identity). We welcome braided essays, reviews, art writing, cultural critique, lyric essays, and more. We are NOT looking for short stories, overly academic writing, rants, comedy, purely family-oriented memoirs, anything using AI, or anything too self-absorbed. Your work should be around 1,000 to 3,000 words and can include any art, visuals, and audio (as long as we can publish it). One winner receives $250, a featured publication online and in a print issue, comments from the judge and our staff, publicity on our socials, contributor copies, and is considered for an interview.
 
Judge  
 









 
Marco Wilkinson
is a writer and translator. His lyric memoir, "MADDER: A Memoir in Weeds," was published by Coffee House Press. His translation of "Divine Invention, or The Celebration of Love" by Franco-Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco was published as a chapbook by Albion Books. His work can be found in Kenyon Review, DIAGRAM, Seneca Review, Ecotone, ASSAY: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships from the Breadloaf Environmental Writers' Conference, the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Montalvo Arts, Craigarden, the Hemera Foundation, and the Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology.


Deadline
June 1, 2026

See full guidelines on Submittable.
 
 


2026 Annual Single-Poem Contest: Coming Soon

One winner receives $200, featured publication, a uniquely designed physical and digital broadside of their poem, publicity on our social media channels, commentary from the judge and our staff readers, free contributor copies, and an optional interview. Finalists receive publication, comments, and publicity on our socials.


2025 Winner

The Funerary Pin by A. Jenson, chosen by poet Blas Falconer

See Issue 10 for all finalists


2024 Winner

Owing by Jesslyn Whittell


2024 Finalists

Palliative Care by Michael Mark

How I Moved to Nevada by Kathy Nelson