once a decembered maytown [but the fallen quince leaves dear]

Poetry y madrone

birds can be everywhere at once northern
harrier all winter long guarding the plot of dormant
strawberries and asparagus...
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Nightphysic

Poetry Janann Dawkins

Chalk clouds scrawl the starlit black,
the dust of heat and space, the galaxies
puffed into clusters...
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Warming

Poetry Janann Dawkins

The chlorophyll remains in leaf: the limbs
retain their hair: the trees do not believe
the sun will set on them...
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Times for Us Alone

Fiction Julia Pierpont

There are some days, whole days, when we do not wear our glasses. These are days without blackboards, Saturdays and Sundays when we do not have to leave the house at all. We are nearsighted, all of us...
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NEW!!! Fall 2010 Issue 39.2 Now Available.

NEW!!! Fall 2010 Issue 39.2 Now Available.

We’re excited to announce the release of our Fall 2010 Issue! This issue features our Greg Grummer and Winter Fiction Contest award winners, as well as beautiful mixed-media art by Dolan Geiman. Greg Grummer Poetry Award Winner: Aran Donovan Honorable Mention: Jendi Reiter Winter Fiction Contest Winner:  Andrew Bynom …additional poetry and fiction by:...
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Phoebe’s First-Ever Nonfiction Contest! UPDATED

Phoebe’s First-Ever Nonfiction Contest! UPDATED

Phoebe's first-ever nonfiction contest! $250 Grand Prize. Runners up published online. Phoebe is also excited to welcome Shauna Cross (novelist and screenwriter of "Whip It!") as the judge.
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Phoebe + nonfiction = something new and exciting!

Phoebe + nonfiction = something new and exciting!

Phoebe is proud and excited to announce we are now accepting submissions of creative nonfiction....
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