2021 Themes are Live!

January Guest Editor // Anum Sattar

February Guest Editor // Kolleen Carney Hoepfner

March Guest Editor // Darren C. Demaree

April Guest Editor // Camille Wanliss

May Guest Editor // Benjamin S. Grossberg

June Guest Editor // Luisa Caycedo-Kimura

July Guest Editor // K.T. Landon

August Guest Editor // Joey Gould

September Guest Editor // Chen Chen

October Guest Editor // William Fargason

November Guest Editor // Alex Charalambides

December Guest Editor // Porsha Olayiwola

Happy New Year! While 2020 was nothing to celebrate, it was the inauguration of our Themed Issues--which bore fantastic fruit. Just listen to the quality of work our guest editors curated in this playlist!

This year should be no different with a slate of absolutely amazing guest editors and themes to help inspire some new writing or have you dust off a classic piece you haven't been able to find a home for yet. Here's the full rundown for 2021...

• January // Guest Editor: Anum Sattar // Theme: Survivor
• February // Guest Editor: Kolleen Carney Hoepfner // Theme: 90s Pop Culture Realness
• March // Guest Editor: Darren C. Demaree // Theme: Political Prose Poems 
• April // Guest Editor: Camille Wanliss // Theme: Isola
• May // Guest Editor: Benjamin S. Grossberg // Theme: Rehab
• June // Guest Editor: Luisa Caycedo-Kimura // Theme: Renewal
• July // Guest Editor: K.T. Landon // Theme: Siblings
• August // Guest Editor: Joey Gould // Theme: Fruits of the Earth
• September // Guest Editor: Chen Chen // Theme: Why Bother?
• October // Guest Editor: William Fargason // Theme: Elegy 
• November // Guest Editor: Alex Charalambides // Theme: Youth Spoken Word Poetry 
• December // Guest Editor: Porsha Olayiwola // Theme: Futurism & Dystopia

If you have something that would fit any of the themes, we'd love to hear from you!