Don’t forget to submit to the second issue of The Magnolia Review! Deadline is May 15. For information on how to submit, check our Submit page.
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National Poetry Month
We’re posting daily prompts on our Facebook page, but in case you missed them:
April 9: Pick a color. Describe it without using the color’s name, nor the name of any other color. Challenge yourself by inviting other senses beyond sight into the description. What does red taste like? What does blue sound like? Experience the chosen color.
April 10: Play Frankenstein — build a monster. Pull on some of your fears and imagine them as the monster’s features. Once you have its body crafted, animate it. Give it a reason for being. Does it possess emotions? Does it love? Or is its soul like the void, empty, yet all-consuming? Finally, how does your monster meet its end?
April 11: You are the last person on Earth. You have no one to talk to, no one to comfort you, no one to remind you of your sanity. Why are you alone? How do you plan to proceed?
April 12: Call yourself. Keep repeating your name until it no longer sounds like a word, let alone your name. Reflect on the experience in a few short lines.
April 13: Give us your favorite recipe in a poem.
April 14: You have traveled to an unfamiliar city. Describe your experience of trying to read the public transit map, calling a cab, or walking around town.
April 15: You have met your celebrity crush. What do you say? What do you do? Do you embarrass yourself? Describe your experience using a sonnet, villanelle, or sestina.
National Poetry Month
We’re posting daily prompts on our Facebook page, but in case you missed them:
April 1: Use the following five words: red, lily, snow, taxi, and blanket in a poem of ten lines.
April 2: Write a sonnet starting with the word cold.
April 3: Write a poem based on your most recent dream. Be creative with your descriptions to really capture the tone.
April 4: Think back to your past and find a memory you really enjoy. Bathe it in gold and immortalize it on paper.
April 5: Take a pair of opposites and write a poem that transforms one side of the pair into the other.
April 6: In honor of April, write a poem about a rainy day. Do not use the words clouds, gray, rain, sunshine, or spring.
April 7: In 15 lines, describe the loneliness of a cactus.
April 8: There is an ordinary door, solid wood, stained with a cherry finish, and a dark gray metal knob. What is behind this door? What is it keeping out? What is it keeping in? Write a poem answering one or all of those questions. Surprise yourself.
Second Issue Call for Submissions!
We are now accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art for our second issue. The deadline to submit is May 15. Please visit the Submit tab for information on how to submit.
Volume 1, Issue 1
Welcome to the first issue of The Magnolia Review!
To download the PDF, click The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 1 January 2015.
Thank you, and enjoy the first issue!
Contributors: Gary Beck, Michael K. Brantley, Jeff Burt, Janet Butler, Valentina Cano, Matt Chamberlain, Chloe Cherubin, William Doreski, Carolyn D. Elias, Daniel von der Embse, Jeanpaul Ferro, C.S. Fuqua, Trina Gaynon, Howie Good, Mitchell Grabois, Allison Grayhurst, Julie Graziano, John Grey, Sarah Grodzinski, Sarah Jane Hodge, Henry Hughes, Clinton Van Inman, Mark Jackley, Caitlin Johnson, Patrick Kelling, Alexandra Kolker, Robert Krantz, Taidgh Lynch, Nathen Martin, Tom Montag, Anne Britting Oleson, Sergio A. Ortiz, Richard King Perkins II, Breanna Ridgeway, J.R. Solonche, Louis Staeble, Charles F. Thielman, Sarah Brown Weitzman, D.S. West, Ernest Williamson III, and Omer Zamir.
Issue 1 is almost here!
The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 1 will be available tomorrow!
Here’s a sneak peek at our cover.
For the first issue of The Magnolia Review, 13 artists submitted 41 pieces of art and photography, 21 creative nonfiction writers submitted 23 creative nonfiction pieces, 60 fiction writers submitted 68 stories, and 125 poets submitted 540 poems.
Last Day to Submit to Our First Issue!
Today is the last day to submit art, photography, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for our first issue. See Submit tab for details. Submissions received after today will be considered for our second issue, deadline June 15.
Deadline is December 15
Deadline to submit to our first issue is December 15! Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art/photography.
First Issue Call for Submissions!
We are still accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art for our first issue. The deadline to submit is December 15. Please visit the Submit tab for information on how to submit.
Submissions!
We’re listed on Duotrope! Submit poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art for our first issue! Deadline is December 15.
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