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[Tapes From The Outside]

Info & Guidelines

These are submissions in response to current events. Think political. Think mass shooting. Think natural disaster. But also think monumental moments to celebrate. Think Cubs breaking a 108-year-old curse. Think the legalization of something that should have been legal all along. Think levity.

​[Tapes From The Outside] will be published sporadically throughout every month (whenever there is something to publish). There are no deadlines for these submissions: send them as events inspire you to do so. Also, due to the nature of these types of submissions, there is a pretty quick turnaround - expect to hear within the week of your submission and to be published within a couple of weeks after hearing from us. 
Please follow these guidelines specifically. All submissions should receive an automatic email reply to confirm that your submission made it to the right place. If you do not receive this automatic email, please double-check your submission (especially the subject line) and resubmit as necessary
  • Send one (1) piece of writing (regardless of genre) that responds to an ongoing current event or something that has occurred within the past two weeks attached as a Word document or PDF file
  • Include a couple of sentences in the body of your email explaining to which event the piece of writing is responding. 
  • (optional) Attach an audio file (.mp3/.mp4/.wav) that includes, in order: your name, the title, a recitation of the work, a 5-second gap, and a short explanation of your process writing the piece 
  • Send all submissions to goldwalkmagATgmailDOTcom with "TFTO" included somewhere in your subject line
Golden Walkman seeks and will prioritize work from underrepresented voices. If you belong to a group that is underrepresented, please put "UnderRepTFTO" somewhere in your subject line.

Previous [Tapes]

This playlist includes all the previous [Tapes From The Outside]. Continue scrolling to listen to individual [Tapes]
[TFTO#10] Birthday by Teresa Spencer // June 18, 2020
[TFTO#9] Apples by Brian Salmons // March 26, 2020
[TFTO#8] Privilege by Anuja Ghimire // January 17, 2020
[TFTO#7] Hineni by Karen Poppy // December 22, 2019
[TFTO#6] Elizabeth Loftus at the Party by Michael Rossi // July 4, 2019
[TFTO#5] Dollhouse by Liz Chang // June 19, 2019
​[TFTO#4] Evidence-Based Facts crawl into bed and layer blankets and blankets and blankets over themself like they're in a womb by Colleen Baran // January 21, 2018
[TFTO#3] Hope For A Silent Thursday by Katelyn Thomas // December 20, 2017
​[TFTO#2] I Pledge Allegiance To... by Patrick Hansel // November 15, 2017
​[TFTO#1] Abecedarian for an American Horror Show by Cesca Janece Waterfield // October 28, 2017

Other Submissions

  • General//Any subject//Year-Round
  • Themed Issues//Work in response to a specific theme determined by a guest editor//Monthly
  • Dialogue Submissions//Work in response to a specific piece of music//Whenever we can!
  • ​(Audio)Book Submissions//Book-length writing//April-June & October-December
GOLDEN WALKMAN MAGAZINE 2021
  • About
  • Catalogue
    • Issues
    • (Audio)Books >
      • The Lunatic's Left-Hand Man
  • Submissions
    • General Submissions
    • [Tapes From The Outside]
    • Themed Issues
    • Dialogue Submissions
    • (Audio)Book Submissions
  • Surrogate Readers
  • Masthead