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Poetry gives me the shivers in part because it carves out new spaces to inhabit, however briefly, and this allows readers to see the world as something new.

You can find online resources on formatting your submission, what to write in a cover letter, and tips on submission strategies, but not as much on how to create a user-friendly submission spreadsheet. Read more for tips and perspectives from CR staff and former contributors!

Announcing the winners of the Twelfth Annual Robert and Adele Schiff Awards!

Setting isn’t just a stage upon which our characters walk; it is part of the bones of the story itself.

We’re so excited to announce our nominations for this year’s Orison and Best of the Net Anthologies!

“I’m not going to talk about ways to succeed in poetry—not how to craft a perfect line or please your reader or even excite the staff at a literary journal. Instead, I’m going to briefly talk about a poetics of failure.”

The beauty of first-person narration lies in its complexity.

Our submission period for the print journal starts on September 1! But pay attention: it’ll end earlier, on January 1, 2021.

We wanted to introduce or reintroduce ourselves to you here at the start of the year. Here are some good news and goings-on from our staff (we’re writers too!).

As part of our series From Our Contributors, Rage Hezekiah explains the background behind her poem “Sex Education.”